During this past week and the next, work crews will be cleaning, inspecting with a camera and upgrading lateral pipes from Mid’s Park to the post office. Lateral pipes are those that run from buildings to main pipes. Some parking spaces will not be available, and flag people will direct traffic.

In a previous interview, Mayor Craig Randall described slip-lining as putting a sock in the pipe: It fills the line with a material that coats and strengthens the infrastructure.

“In effect, it gives you a brand-new pipe,” Randall said.

In a public notice, the company conducting the slip-lining, Kenyon Pipeline Inspection, advised all residents and business owners to keep their toilet lids closed when the crew is working.

In rare but not impossible circumstances, pressure can build and push sewer trap contents into sinks, showers, bathtubs, toilets and other drains.

Kenyon said it’s common to smell an odor during the cleaning process. To minimize the scent, pour several gallons of water down the drains and open windows.

After the slip-lining is complete, Schultz Construction crews will begin digging and replacing the two main pipes that run along Main Street from Saranac Avenue to Mid’s Park.

The manholes, which recently caused some concerns because of their size and location, are expected to arrive Thursday, May 17, according to village Trustee Peter Holderied. He said the digging and pipe replacement process should start Monday, May 21. Crews will work from Monday through Thursday for four consecutive weeks in 12-hour shifts lasting from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m.

Holderied noted that many businesses, apartments and hotels are located along Main Street. He owns some of them.

“That’s the one very unfortunate part of this,” he said. “We don’t want the businesses or residents to suffer.”

Main Street is a state highway, and Holderied said the state Department of Transportation has stricter regulations when digging along roads in the daytime. He said nighttime digging allows for more work hours, and there’s less foot and vehicle traffic then. He called the night digging the “lesser of two evils.”

Holderied said there will be no parking on Main Street from Saranac Avenue to Mid’s Park during the work. Flag-people will direct traffic, and some parking spots might be unavailable during the daytime, too. However, there will still be two lanes of traffic during the daytime.

A few parking spots in the municipal lot by the Conference Center will be occupied by the manholes before their installment and possibly piles of dirt and stone, which are used to refill the dig sites every morning.

Holderied also said Schultz will also dig test holes at the intersection of Saranac Avenue and Main Street. The test holes are to make sure the sewer lines are not interfering with water lines.