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Cleveland Water lead-service replacements will reshape Garfield Heights paving plans
Summary
City staff told council Cleveland Water plans to replace thousands of lead service lines through about 2037, a program that will complicate the timing and funding of the city's road-repair schedule because Cleveland Water's work and grants do not automatically fund street repaving.
Garfield Heights officials said Cleveland Water's multi-year plan to replace lead service lines across the city will change how and when streets are repaved.
At a council caucus meeting, Public Works staff described a Cleveland Water mapping and replacement program that identifies roughly 4,000 likely lead service connections among the city's about 11,000 water connections and plans to remove roughly 300 lead services a year through about 2037. That schedule, staff warned, could delay when the city may pave streets where lead services remain in place.
The change matters because the city historically has stacked grant funding: one set of grant money pays to replace water mains or services and a separate set pays to repave the street. Jeff Rohn, chief of staff, said the program is positive because the city will get lead…
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