Our contact at the NYC Department of Environmental Protection says, “The principal reason that manhole covers are round is so they won’t fall into the manhole.” Each manhole cover sits on a ...

Multiple roads in Greenville County will be experiencing rolling roadblocks as part of a manhole cover inspection process. Manhole covers are an often overlooked key component of our infrastructure.

And the city missed an opportunity with $28.3 million in ARPA funding from the federal government to do something with manhole covers that drive the public crazy each and every year. As we move into a ...

While the odds of getting struck by an exploding manhole cover are low, they’re not zero. According to the 2021 New York City Mayor Management Report, the New York Fire Department responded to ...

Coley also said manhole flooding was only one element that led to a failure at Miami-Dade’s Virginia Key sewage treatment plant on June 4, which sent about 750,000 gallons of sewage into the bay ...

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