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Council hears warning: multifamily building surge strains sewer, roads and services
Summary
Planning staff told the retreat that a surge of multifamily projects vested in 2021–22 and coming on‑line now is straining sewer lift‑station capacity, stormwater systems and arterial roads and will require coordinated regional responses.
Note: This article focuses on council and staff discussion of development patterns and infrastructure capacity. It synthesizes planning director Kurt Fries’s remarks and staff exchanges with council members. Kurt Fries, director of community development, and other staff presented a citywide snapshot showing an unusually large number of multifamily projects vested in the 2021–2022 period now moving toward construction and occupancy. Fries said the city had record new dwelling unit permits in 2024 (885 units) and that ‘‘about 81% of those were…
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