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Resident raises long‑standing sewer, stormwater and toxic‑waste concerns at council meeting
Summary
Steve Topaz told the council St. Helens lacks long‑term as‑built records and raised a series of older infrastructure and environmental concerns, including projects that doubled in cost, flooding, and alleged industrial dumping into sewer lines.
Resident Steve Topaz used the visitor comment period to outline a series of historic and ongoing infrastructure concerns he said affect St. Helens, including missing as‑built plans, stormwater and sewer separation problems, cost overruns on drainage work and alleged industrial dumping.
Topaz said the city is legally required to keep as‑built building plans for one…
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