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Menands explores reconnecting to Albany water main; mayor outlines grant, ADA and energy projects
Summary
At the July 21 Menands Village board meeting, the mayor reported preliminary engineering talks with the Albany Water Department about reestablishing a larger emergency water connection and described several grant-funded building and energy projects.
Menands Village Mayor (name not specified) told the board on July 21 that village staff met with the Albany Water Department to explore reestablishing a larger secondary water connection that could serve as an emergency source for the village.
The meeting report said engineering work will determine whether the 20-inch main near Lawn Avenue and Venezuela Boulevard can be extended to the village line and tied into the village distribution system; officials will then pursue grant funding to pay for construction. The mayor said the Albany department did not repeat an earlier $1 million estimate from prior discussions and described the effort as a “very…
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