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Fraser council prioritizes Linden pump station abandonment and earmarks storm-repair funds
Summary
Council directed staff to prioritize abandoning the Linden pump station and rerouting storm sewer away from private yards after engineers found storm and sanitary connections running under homes; members agreed to earmark $1 million for targeted storm investigations and spot repairs while awaiting AEW's June asset-management report.
Mayor Lesich convened the Fraser City Council's May 4 budget workshop and the meeting quickly focused on a multiyear stormwater problem centered around the Linden pump station. Public works staff described discoveries that corrugated metal storm lines run beneath private yards and that, in some places, sanitary laterals were tied into the storm system, sending untreated sewage into storm drains.
"It's hot raw sewage going into our storm sewers," Mayor Lesich said, using blunt language the council repeated as a reason to move quickly on the problem. City manager Levin and public works staff described a plan to abandon the Linden pump station, grout and fill old pipes, install new…
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