LOCKPORT – As the saga of the broken water line at the new Lockport ice arena entered its second week Monday, the construction crew installed drain tile and dug a well pit to direct the flow into a storm sewer.
Corporation Counsel John J. Ottaviano, the president of the arena group, said the problem has cost the arena about $30,000 in extra materials, such as stone and the drain tile to protect the foundation of the twin-rink complex. Ottaviano said the leak, whose source has still not been discovered by city crews, may cause a delay of about a week in the scheduled mid-September opening of the $13 million Chestnut Street complex.
The city brought in a new $30,000 leak detector which has so far failed to locate the broken pipe flooding the foundation of the arena.
Corporation Counsel John J. Ottaviano, the president of the arena group, said the problem has cost the arena about $30,000 in extra materials, such as stone and the drain tile to protect the foundation of the twin-rink complex. Ottaviano said the leak, whose source has still not been discovered by city crews, may cause a delay of about a week in the scheduled mid-September opening of the $13 million Chestnut Street complex.
The city brought in a new $30,000 leak detector which has so far failed to locate the broken pipe flooding the foundation of the arena.