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Lake Placid staff to seek master utility plan as $40 million wastewater work nears completion
Summary
Town staff said they will ask the Lake Placid Town Council to authorize a strategic utility master plan after outlining progress on a $40 million wastewater program, remaining grant dollars and options to reserve capacity for septic-to-sewer conversions.
Lake Placid officials said they will ask the town council next week to authorize a strategic utility master plan aimed at aligning water and wastewater capacity with future growth and grant opportunities.
Town Manager Charlotte Rodriguez said the plan, to be developed with assistance from a Florida Atlantic University consultant, will “evaluate our current and our future capacity needs” and help the town coordinate investments with regional partners while protecting ratepayers from avoidable emergency costs. Staff told the board they expect to obtain the master-plan work from the university team for under $19,000.
The discussion came during a broader briefing on a $40 million package of wastewater projects that includes a new 1,000,000-gallon-per-day treatment plant,…
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