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Wilkes-Barre officials flag emergency repairs to collapsing culvert and Horton Street sewer; financing sought
Summary
City staff briefed council on emergency repairs to a collapsing corrugated metal culvert serving Colebrook and a failing combined sewer on Horton Street, outlining a proposed financing package up to $600,000 and coordination with the sanitary authority; formal action was not taken at the work session and items are scheduled for Thursday.
City staff told the Wilkes-Barre City Council at a Oct. work session that the city faces two emergency sewer and stormwater repairs — a failing corrugated metal culvert carrying Colebrook under Scott Street toward Cunningham Avenue and a separate failing combined sewer on Horton Street — and that staff is seeking short-term financing and coordination with the sanitary authority to cover costs.
The repairs are being presented as emergencies because the culvert has experienced a major cave-in and the combined Horton Street line has required multiple repairs in the past two years, staff said. “We have to basically realign the realign the old culvert,” staff said, and…
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