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Flood board focuses on aging pump stations, outfall repairs and a $5.5M 2025 work plan; trash-capture, Shorebird Marsh pump replacement planned
Summary
Board members discussed recurring maintenance problems at multiple pump stations and outfalls, the town's plan to install inboard check valves on outfalls, and the 2025 capital program that includes urgent pump repairs, storm-drain projects and a multiyear Shorebird Marsh pump station replacement estimated at $8–9 million.
Board members and public works staff spent much of the April 14 meeting reviewing aging flood-control infrastructure, recurring gate and transducer failures, outfall pipe corrosion and the town's 2025 capital work plan.
Public works staff reported that several pump stations and gates are 20 to 37 years old and increasingly difficult to maintain because replacement parts are scarce. Staff said a transducer failure at the San Clemente pump station had been caught and repaired, but the adjacent San Clemente floodgate requires a controller replacement because the gate's original controller no longer interfaces with new transducers.
The board heard that routine gate and pump maintenance is performed twice yearly, in fall and spring. Staff said some pump stations can be powered from portable generators in emergencies but that not every pump station has a dedicated backup hookup and large storms with prolonged outages complicate response times and access.
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