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Burnwick Road residents urge immediate action after years of delays on drainage project
Summary
Residents from a single-access neighborhood told council on Oct. 21 that a decade of delays on a Burnwick Road drainage project risks cutting off 36 homes if a failing storm pipe collapses; the speakers said prior city language asked for homeowner indemnities and requested near-term council assistance.
At the Oct. 21 Brookhaven City Council meeting, several Burnwick Road residents said years of delay on a storm-drainage repair have left their neighborhood at risk and asked the council to move the project forward.
"Move it along, please," resident David Maxwell said, recounting about a decade of work requests and meetings with public-works staff. Maxwell said the City's earlier draft agreement asked for a homeowner indemnity that would obligate residents for the entirety of the public-works project; he said that request was unreasonable and has…
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