Residents press council for answers on Haines pipeline route, franchise access

Residents raised safety and outreach concerns about the proposed Haines reclaimed-water pipelines, telling the Seal Beach City Council the project routing and bridge impacts have not been adequately explained.

The issue matters to College Park East and West residents because the proposed route would place new pipeline infrastructure across an older bridge that speakers said already carries other pipelines and has shown signs of leaking.

Multiple residents recounted technical details from a wastewater project study and asked why Long Beach and the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (DWP) selected a route through College Park neighborhoods rather than alternatives. A resident who identified himself as James pointed to a figure in the project study and said, “2.766 MGD. You read right by that,” noting that two parallel pipelines would…