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Ashland engineering update cites $122M in projects, EPA service-line survey to start in September
Summary
City engineering staff reported more than 25 active projects totaling about $122 million, described ARPA-funded water booster-station work, and said EPA contractors will begin a “Get the Lead Out” service-line-material survey in a downtown zone next month.
The Ashland Board of City Commissioners heard an engineering report Aug. 28 that updated commissioners on more than 25 active projects totaling roughly $122,000,000 and previewed a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency service-line material survey planned for September. Director Barry Atkins said the survey, part of the EPA’s Get the Lead Out initiative, will ask residents to identify service-line material or allow contractors and city staff to inspect lines.
The initiative matters because identifying pipe material can reduce replacement costs for the city and homeowners, Atkins said, estimating a per-service cost savings of about $700 when a line is identified…
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