The Town crew with the "mole" machine on our side of the road which punches a hole under the road, and their excavator on the opposite side of the road near the hole dug over the water main.

Using a "sniffer" to check the path of the boring rod to determine if the location of the exit hole will be within tolerances.

A Town worker operating the hydaulic "mole" machine.

As the boring rod approaches the pit on the other side of the road, the wall begins to calve off. But they don't know for sure where the rod will exit.

Then, as the wall begins to give way, the rod pokes through about 2 feet above the bottom of the pit.

The hole is at an acceptable depth to hook up to the main tap. Next, the crew will fish the copper water line through the hole.

With the copper line now fished under the road, it just needs to be cut to length and connected on both sides of the road.

The 1" copper line and curb stop getting connected to our 2" plastic line.

The copper line cut to length and connected to the water main.

After a little backfilling, the connection on our side of the road and the curb stop are protected.