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Cumming pauses emergency sewer contract after staff finds sagging line is in Forsyth County service area

2140834 · January 23, 2025
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Summary

City staff showed CCTV evidence of a sagging sewer line near Highway 369 and the council instructed the mayor not to execute the emergency repair contract, directing staff to notify Forsyth County that the line lies in the county service area.

Cumming City Council instructed the mayor not to execute an emergency sewer contract after city staff presented CCTV footage and engineering findings suggesting the sagging sewer segment is located in the Forsyth County Water and Sewer Service Area.

Heath Martin, utilities staff for the city, told the council that further investigation showed the majority of the sag is north of Highway 369 and therefore inside the county’s service area. Martin presented video footage showing the inspection camera going underwater as it…

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