LEWISTON – The city of Lewiston has begun to install new storm drains on Bartlett Street near Cumberland Avenue and will continue up Pleasant Street and Webber Avenue.

Part of Stevens and Meader streets also will be affected. The work is expected to cause traffic delays until late summer. Drivers are encouraged to seek alternate routes because at times streets may be closed to through traffic.

As the third phase of the city’s Combined Sewer Overflow Separation Master Plan, the work will improve street drainage and remove stormwater from the sewer system to eliminate sewer overflows to the Androscoggin River. The work also will help the city meet federal and state regulations.

Inquiries may be forwarded to Project Manager Jeff Beaule at 784-5753, extension 234.