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3RPORT Three Rivers Protection and Overflow Reduction Tunnel

Public Meeting: Foster Park entrance community input – 1/29/2025

Fort Wayne Parks and Recreation is prepared to present two conceptual design options for the reimagined Foster Park Entrance at an open house to be held on January 29, 2025.

Early 3RPORT tunnel results show 15M gallon river sewage reduction

In operation for just over a month, the Three Rivers Protection and Overflow Reduction tunnel has already captured 15 million gallons of combined sewage, keeping it out of our rivers and sending it to our Water Pollution Control Plant for treatment.

AFW photos and video: 3RPORT Protection and Overflow Reduction Tunnel ribbon cutting

Photos and video from the 3RPORT Protection and Overflow Reduction Tunnel ribbon cutting held today, November 14, 2024.

Deep Rock Tunnel ready to protect our rivers

Today, a crowd of neighborhood representatives, river enthusiasts, and City Utilities' staff members joined Mayor Sharon Tucker to cut the ribbon celebrating the culmination of the Deep Rock Tunnel's construction and its operational inauguration.

Video: MamaJo celebration

The City of Fort Wayne announced on June 30, 2021, that the MamaJo Tunnel Boring Machine has almost completed the 3RPORT Three Rivers Protection and Overflow Reduction Tunnel.

MamaJo has reached Foster Park

Today, after pounding through nearly five miles of bedrock over three years, MamaJo, the Tunnel Boring Machine, called it a day.

Where’s MamaJo? – 6/16/2021

MamaJo is rapidly closing in on the finish line of Fort Wayne City Utilities' 3RPORT Three Rivers Protection and Overflow Reduction Tunnel.

Where’s MamaJo?

MamaJo is the hard-working Tunnel Boring Machine that is drilling a tunnel around Fort Wayne called the 3RPORT Three Rivers Protection and Overflow Reduction Tunnel.

MamaJo reaches halfway point

City of Fort Wayne Utilities news release announcing the passing of the halfway point on MamaJo's underground journey.
MamaJo halfway celebration

MamaJo celebrates halfway point

At 3:45 this morning MamaJo pounded through bedrock, hitting the milestone of nearly 2.5 miles between the bridge at Van Buren Street and the Norfolk Southern railroad bridge.