Update: McClintock Drive and U.S. 60

The City of Tempe continues to work on the water transmission line that broke on May 7 near McClintock Drive and U.S. 60.

Crews are not only restoring the functionality of the transmission line, they are adding features to ensure that future assessment and maintenance is faster, easier and more cost-effective.

The work being completed on McClintock Drive is anticipated to be finished by early September. Currently, crews are installing vaults along the pipe that will allow future inspections and maintenance without excavation.

Water line breaks are an unfortunate occurrence in every water utility, and over the last year, the City of Tempe initiated a project to create a plan for the inspection and maintenance of water transmission lines to assess their condition. Part of that process determined that access locations needed to be created so that specialized testing equipment can be inserted to assess the condition. This project is the first to benefit from that new process.

In approximately September and October, the final work to repair portions of the water transmission main will take place. This work could close the westbound U.S. 60 offramp and the two southbound lanes leading to Loop 101 for approximately six weeks and two weeks, respectively. Both U.S. 60 and McClintock Drive would remain open during this time. 

The entire project is anticipated to be completed by November. Additional water transmission line inspections throughout the community are in the process of being scheduled in order to ensure that our infrastructure remains in good working condition.

We appreciate the patience of the commuters, residents and businesses in the area while we are doing this work.

Read all the previous information released on this project and watch videos at tempe.gov/US60. For questions on this process please call 480-350-4311 or email [email protected].