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Residents press Clawson for answers on repeated sewage backups; city manager says CCTV program nearing completion
Summary
A resident described years of sewage backups and requested inspection footage; City Manager reported sewer televising is 87% complete and staff tentatively estimate $4 million in repairs from a $10 million bond set aside for sewers.
A Clawson resident told the City Council Oct. 7 that repeated sewage backups and flooded yards at Bywood and Broadacre have persisted for 11 years and requested sewer inspection footage, a meeting with public works and engineers, and an explanation of how large homes were approved on a reportedly failing sewer line.
"It's raw human sewage in people's basements," Julie Beatty told council, urging the…
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