Muddy Creek Road Closed to Thru Traffic Between Devils Backbone & Ebenezer Roads Starting January 5
through Early September

CINCINNATI – Muddy Creek Road between Devils Backbone and Ebenezer roads will be closed to thru traffic from Tuesday, January 5, through early September, pending weather conditions, as part of the Upper Muddy Creek Interceptor (UMCI) project.

Access will be maintained for residents at all times, but there could be delays. The traffic detour is via Devils Backbone Road to Werk Road to Westbourne Drive and vice versa.

Road closures for thru traffic on Muddy Creek Road will continue through fall 2022 as work on the UMCI project moves east toward the intersection with Sidney Road. Updates will be provided by press releases, the Upper Muddy Creek website, and MSD’s Twitter account.

The Metropolitan Sewer District of Greater Cincinnati (MSD) and its contractor, Lykins Contracting, LLC., are installing a new 1.5-mile-long sewer along Muddy Creek Road from Devils Backbone Road to near Sidney Road. The new sewer will be 3 feet in diameter and made of high-strength plastic. The project is expected to take about two years to complete. Please see the project location map below.

In addition to traffic inconveniences, typical construction-related disturbances such as noise, dirt and vibrations should be expected throughout the construction period.

The project benefits include:

• Reduces debris and odors along Muddy Creek and at the Sayler Park marina.
• Reduces combined sewer overflows into Muddy Creek and the Ohio River by 83% (by about 200 million gallons per year).
• Eliminates overflows of raw sewage from Sanitary Sewer Overflow (SSO) 1061 into the Muddy Creek at no additional cost.
• Avoids the need to construct a CSO storage tank estimated at $16 million.
• Gets rid of a bottleneck in the pipe.
• Makes the sewer easier to maintain by MSD crews due to its placement under Muddy Creek Drive (rather than in the creek).
• Protects the creek from sewage leaks.
• Improves water quality and public health.

For more information, please visit the project website at www.msdgc.org/UpperMuddy.
Please follow MSD on Twitter @CincinnatiMSD for schedule/traffic updates.

For questions about the project, please contact MSD Engineering Customer Service at (513) 557-3594 or MSD.Communications@cincinnati-oh.gov.