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Tennessee utility board orders mediation after developer denied sewer access by City of Memphis
Summary
A Shelby County developer told the Tennessee Board of Utility Regulation the City of Memphis is blocking a gravity sewer connection across his property. The board directed staff to arrange informal mediation between the developer and Memphis and set a deadline for talks.
The Tennessee Board of Utility Regulation on Thursday directed staff to arrange informal mediation after a Memphis-area developer, Joe Jarrett, asked the board to force the City of Memphis to allow sewer access to his commercial property.
Jarrett told the board his partners own 110 acres zoned for commercial development near Walnut Grove and Houston Levee and that a sewer easement and force mains cross the property. He said the city has denied a gravity connection even though nearby projects have been allowed to access the same Grays Creek sewer system. “It’s not…
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