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Developer seeks city water hookups to build road to Joplin Street; council to review in two weeks
Summary
A developer told the Carl Junction Board of Aldermen that allowing limited city water service to out‑of‑town lots would enable a new road to Joplin Street and immediate neighborhood development; council agreed to consider the request and requested more maps and details before voting.
Judd McPherson, speaking for developer Schubert Mitchell, asked the Carl Junction Board of Aldermen on Jan. 6 to allow a limited hookup to city water for a proposed neighborhood that would not require sewer service and would provide a new access route to Joplin Street.
McPherson said the property cannot be served by the public water district and that city water is “absolutely, positively necessary” for the planned subdivision and the road connection. He said the company would begin engineering work if the city commits to allow the out‑of‑town water users to connect.
The proposal emerged as a path…
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