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Cottage Grove staff push design for sewer interceptor as Coyle South readies development
Summary
Village staff and the engineering firm Strand recommended advancing design work on a long‑planned sanitary sewer interceptor intended to relieve capacity constraints where several existing mains converge, officials said at the March 12 joint meeting of the Utility Commission and the Public Works Properties and Sustainability Committee.
Cottage Grove — Village staff and the engineering firm Strand recommended advancing design work on a long‑planned sanitary sewer interceptor intended to relieve capacity constraints where several existing mains converge, officials said at the March 12 joint meeting of the Utility Commission and the Public Works Properties and Sustainability Committee.
The discussion centered on development of the Coyle South parcel and adjacent parcels in Tax Increment District 8 (TID 8), where staff said recent interest from developers and the pending Amazon employment center mean growth could arrive faster than previously anticipated. "If we let Coyle do it, you're putting in redundant mains," said a committee member. "I do not want pipe in the ground that's not gonna get used." Staff and Strand described options to upsize pipe now so new development can discharge by gravity to a southward interceptor instead of routing flows temporarily back to Cottage Grove Road.
Why it matters: Village staff said the village’s 2022 utility master plan identified a…
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