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Lakewood Council approves sewer-rate increases and moves to acquire property for storm and sewer work
Summary
The council adopted a sanitary sewer fee increase and approved an ordinance to acquire property for storm and sanitary sewer facilities. The sewer-rate changes (effective April 1) passed unanimously; the property-acquisition ordinance passed on second reading 11–0.
The Lakewood City Council on Feb. 9 adopted a resolution (R2026-12) raising sanitary sewer rates and service charges for the Lakewood Sewer Utility and approved an ordinance (O2026-7) authorizing the city to begin acquiring property interests for storm and sanitary sewer construction along Yukon, Yarrow, Allison and Colfax avenues.
Director of Public Works Ria De Andrea presented maps and technical context: Lakewood contains 23 separate sewer providers, several of which route wastewater through the Lakewood Sewer Utility to the Metro Water Recovery District for treatment. De Andrea said Denver Metro treatment costs make up about 70% of the sewer fund’s annual costs and that…
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