INDIANAPOLIS – Citizens Energy Group recently announced that work has begun on lead service line replacements for property owners adjacent to IndyGo’s Blue Line route, a 24-mile Bus Rapid Transit corridor running east and west on Washington Street connecting downtown to the Indianapolis International Airport. Crews will replace customer-owned lead service lines for neighboring homes and buildings concurrent with standard utility line relocation work completed in preparation for road construction. Where crews work to relocate water, wastewater, or natural gas utility lines to enable the future road reconfiguration, a special team will also be switching out water service lines made of lead.
Letters from Citizens are now being mailed to impacted property owners in the central and eastern portions of the Blue Line corridor, generally between Harding Street and Shadeland Avenue, inviting participation in the Lead Service Line Replacement Program and requesting signatures on an access agreement. Eventually, the entirety of the corridor will see both utility line relocations and service line replacements for properties where lead service lines exist.