The rehabilitation of the Fourmile Creek Trunk Sewer is nearly complete. The pipeline is 23 years old, 6.2 miles long, and carries about 95% of Henrico's sewage into the county's treatment facility off Kingsland Road in Varina.

The $70 million project includes construction of the Eastern County Force Main, a 7.8-mile parallel sewer line that will handle some of the flow and will serve as an alternative pathway to the treatment facility in the event of a  failure in the Fourmile Creek Trunk Sewer.

Homeowners benefit from projects that improve infrastructure. Such  improvements allow for greater community growth and development, which in turn can push up property values.

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