Risers keep manholes at grade in heavy hurricane area
Problem: Fairhope is a small city of just 15,000 residents situated on the cliffs and shoreline of Mobile Bay in Alabama’s Gulf Coast. Infrastructure maintenance can be a challenge here for all the usual reasons and one unusual one: The city has a history of devastation and flooding by hurricane, including Hurricane Frederic in 1979 and Hurricane Katrina in 2005. But the city doesn’t have a problem keeping manholes at grade after roadway resurfacing projects, not in recent years anyway.
Solution: For 15 years, Fairhope has been specifying the American Highway Products Pivoted Turnbuckle
