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Council moves several emergency infrastructure items to consent after public-works briefing on sinkhole, water-main and dam work
Summary
Public works reported emergency repairs: a sinkhole at Sykes Tank (embankment/altitude-valve remediation), a 30-inch water-main leak on Campbellton Road, and tree/root removal at Ben Hill Reservoir to protect a high-hazard dam. Directors said the sinkhole work is complete and asked council to approve vendor payments; funding from the municipal-option sales tax (capital improvement program) was cited.
Public-works Director Echevarria updated council on multiple emergency infrastructure repairs and requested consent approvals for vendor payments.
On Sykes Tank, the altitude valve malfunction had caused continuous discharge that saturated an embankment and produced a sinkhole near Sykes Park. Echevarria said engineers were contracted to design a remediation that reopened and regraded…
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