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Palm Bay council approves $2.8M (recommended) Port Malabar force main replacement from renewal fund
Summary
Council approved replacing a high-risk asbestos-cement force main on Port Malabar after staff said partial repairs risked further fractures; the project will be paid from the utilities renewal/replacement fund and the council vote was 5-0.
Gabriel Bowden, representing the utilities department, told the council the Port Malabar force main is high on the department’s risk registry and that a large portion of the pipe is asbestos-cement (AC). Bowden said staff prefer replacing the entire problematic section to lower the long-term failure risk rather than performing a partial repair.
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