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Planning commission conditionally approves Great Lakes Water Authority pump station near Metroview and 8 Mile
Summary
The Farmington Hills Planning Commission voted to approve a new booster pump station for the Great Lakes Water Authority at Metroview and 8 Mile with conditions including tree replacement, a photometric plan, screening along the north property line and required variances to be sought at the Zoning Board of Appeals.
The Farmington Hills Planning Commission on Monday approved, subject to conditions, a special‑use site plan for a new Great Lakes Water Authority booster pumping station at the corner of Metroview Road and 8 Mile.
Clayton Johnson of Brown and Caldwell, the project engineer, told the commission: "We're proposing to construct a 52,000,000 gallon per day capacity booster pumping station" to replace an aging facility that is more than 50 years old and to be operational before the old station is taken out of service. He said the facility will be largely unmanned and operated remotely by the authority’s supervisory control and data acquisition system, with…
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