Taft Avenue Sewer Improvement

The Taft Ave. Sewer Improvement Project has crews working both day and night along the project alignment. This ensures safe, efficient work as we move forward with the project.

Additional Work
The City of Orange is planning work along Taft Ave. between Glassell St. and Tustin St. beginning January 22 and going into the week of January 26. Temporary parking restrictions will be in place. For more information, contact the Public Works Department at 714-744-5525.

This webpage will reflect the latest construction updates.

Current Work 

Location: Intersection of Taft Ave. and Tustin St., moving north toward E. Taft Ave. 

Crew 1 is performing trenching, pipeline abandonment, and pipe installation.  Work will take place at night to minimize disruption to the community. 

• When: Ongoing through January 2026*
• Hours: Monday–Friday; 10 p.m.– 6 a.m.*

Location: Taft Ave. from Glassell St. to Tustin St. 

The final phase of work on Taft Ave. from Glassell St. to Tustin St.  has started which includes final paving, raising manholes, and striping.

Paving work is complete, and crews are now raising manholes. This work is necessary to bring the manholes level with the roadway before final striping can occur.  There will be additional work happening at the beginning of February. Check back here for more updates.  

• What:  Raising manholes 
• When: Ongoing through late January*
• Hours: Monday – Friday; 8 a.m.- 5 p.m.*
• Impacts:
  • Temporary traffic control while work is performed
  • There will be parking restrictions along Taft Ave. from Glassell St. to Tustin St. Please follow all posted signage.
    
    • There will be no parking restrictions on weekends.

Upcoming Work

Location: Intersection of Tustin St. and E. Taft Ave., moving east past North Sacramento St.

Lateral relocation work is complete. Crews will return soon to begin trenching and installing new pipeline, with traffic control remaining in place to keep the community safe. 

• When: Early February 2026*
• Hours: Monday–Friday; 7 a.m.– 6 p.m.*
• Impacts: 
  • Permanent traffic control will be in place and may result in intermittent crosswalk closures.
  • Bike lanes may be impacted during construction.
  • No street parking along the work area.
  • U-turns will not be allowed in and near the construction area.
  • Left turn restrictions may be in place on E. Taft Ave.
  • Potential bus stop relocations. Visit www.octa.net for details.

*All dates and times are subject to change due to operational factors or inclement weather.

Project Description: 

The Taft Avenue Sewer Improvement Project will replace and relocate a portion of the Taft Sewer in the City of Orange.

This project will upsize almost two miles of pipe along Taft Avenue from Glassell Street to Sacramento Street, northbound on Sacramento Street to Brentford Avenue, to Breckenridge Street to Meats Avenue. The current pipe ranges between 12 to 15 inches and will be upsized to 18 to 21 inches.

A portion of the sewer that currently runs along Tustin Street will be relocated to North Sacramento Street where there is more room to install a larger pipe and facilitates the future maintenance of the pipeline.

Project Schedule: December 2024 – Fall 2026

Local Sewer Provider 

• City of Orange – Water Division – (714) 288-2475