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City ratifies emergency repairs after failing stormwater pipe under Santa Ana Drive
Summary
City staff presented and the commission ratified an emergency public-works repair after a collapsed 1930s stormwater pipe under 1457 Santa Ana Drive. The city used flowable fill to stabilize voids beneath a neighboring house and installed a temporary pump while engineering designs a permanent reroute to a larger manhole on Saint Christopher.
The Dunedin City Commission ratified an emergency public‑works repair this week after city crews found a failed, decades‑old stormwater pipe running under private property at 1457 Santa Ana Drive.
Public Works Director Sue Bartlett and Utilities and Engineering Manager Clayton (Clay) Watkins explained engineers discovered the pipe, laid in the 1930s, had multiple failures and voids — and that Frontier had damaged two sections during right‑of‑way work. Because the pipe ran beneath a home and through a private easement, the city authorized immediate grout/flowable‑fill work and pipe abandonment to stabilize…
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