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Residents press Cortland council over recurring flooding and sewage lift-station failures
Summary
Residents described repeated basement flooding and lift-station failures over several years and urged the Cortland City Council for short-term fixes such as raising manhole covers; council asked the service department for cost estimates and proposed a broader water study to inform long-term solutions.
Residents urged the Cortland City Council on March 2 to act on recurring flooding and sanitary sewer overflows that they say have led to sewage in basements.
Don Harper of 120 Hickory Circle said the city's lift station "has probably gone down 10 times in the last 5 years," causing repeated backups and damage. "There's nothing we can do about it," he said, and asked what…
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