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The project will be possible through a $97 million, low-interest loan from the Environmental Protection Agency.

The sewers were first built in the 1800s, and have withstood more than a century of storm and wastewater.

The event is part of a six-state initiative to collect trash along the river spanning from Pittsburgh to Cairo, Illinois.

Louisville residents will likely see monthly sewer bills go up in August to cover the costs of a federally mandated plan to clean up the city’s waterways.

The Metropolitan Sewer District has completed about 10 percent of a 4-mile-long tunnel meant to store excess sewage and stormwater.

The National Weather Service predicts the river will crest Monday at about 20 feet, which is just about one foot below the action level when the river starts to flow outside its banks.

Don't live in the floodplain? You might after the new flood map takes effect.

Heavy rains this spring caused the worst river flooding since 1997, forcing the Metropolitan Sewer District to release billions of gallons of sewage into Louisville waterways.

Louisville Metro officials say they have closed Frankfort Avenue between Story Avenue and River Road as of about noon Monday.

The seven-foot-wide sewer pipe underneath Main Street is crumbling further, forcing traffic down to one lane, Metropolitan Sewer District officials say.