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Council committee directs expanded site analysis for Mint Lane pump station under consent decree
Summary
The Environmental Quality and Public Works Committee asked the Division of Water Quality to study multiple sites, including a school-adjacent parcel, Bowman Mill Road and airport-adjacent land, and set a March 1, 2026 delivery date; $2 million was allocated in FY26 for design and property acquisition.
The Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government’s Environmental Quality and Public Works Committee on Aug. 12 recommended expanding the site-analysis scope for the proposed Mint Lane pump station, a consent-decree project aimed at preventing sanitary overflows.
Director Martin, Division of Water Quality, told the committee that $2,000,000 has been allocated in the FY26 budget for design and property acquisition for the Mint Lane project and that the pump station “must be completed by December 2030.” The proposed pump station would sit on land owned by Fayette County Public Schools adjacent to the existing facility,…
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