“Agreement is reached for sewer separation” is such a nice, friendly sounding headline, isn’t it?
Fort Wayne has reached a tentative agreement to comply with federal clean-water mandates, but it could mean sewer bills triple for residents during the next 18 years.
The agreement, announced Friday afternoon by Mayor Graham Richard and Mayor-elect Tom Henry, requires the city to invest $239.4 million over 18 years on improvements to its sewer system.
Could city officials take a few deep breaths and carfefully think through any more big-spending proposals they want to treat us to?
December 24, 2007 at 10:44 am
I don’t think city officials have any choice in the matter. They might have been able to get the improvements started earlier, but other than that, the feds were going to force them to do this one way or another.
December 24, 2007 at 11:08 am
I’m with Doug…damned if they DO…or damned if they DON’T.
Either way it’s going to cost US more…
B.G.
December 24, 2007 at 11:11 am
I know they don’t have a choice in this — but the cost of it is a reason to think carefully about other big projects the DO have a choice of doing or not.