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Overton Park Shell leaders ask council for $1 million toward $5 million infrastructure repair to stop sewage backups
Summary
Overton Park Shell Inc. requested $1 million in city support toward a $5 million project to replace failing original terracotta plumbing, upgrade restrooms and add backstage facilities; nonprofit has raised $1.6 million and is also seeking $3 million in state funding.
Officials from Overton Park Shell Inc. told the Parks & Environmental Committee that a critical infrastructure project is needed to address broken terracotta plumbing under the shell — the low point of Overton Park — and to modernize restrooms and backstage facilities.
Natalie Wilson, executive director of Overton Park Shell Inc., said the shell sits at the park’s lowest elevation and that aging plumbing dating to the 1920s has degraded to the point that raw…
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