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Residents urge compensation, safety review as Lamson sewer work may run past College Park
Summary
College Park residents told the Seal Beach City Council that sewer construction tied to a nearby Lampson Avenue development will disrupt yards, risk mature trees and may require costly back-yard wall replacement; the developer said it will instead connect to the Rosmore district after Seal Beach denied a city sewer tie-in, potentially costing the city connection fees and improvements.
Patty Campbell, a College Park East resident, told the council the Lamson Avenue project by Lenar (referred to in the meeting as Lenar/LAR) will require sewer mains running down Lamson that will pass alongside hundreds of homes and mature median trees, creating “a royal mess” for neighbors and risking damage to a decades-old block wall that abuts many backyards.
Campbell said the north side of Lamson has a high-pressure gas line and urged the city to exclude that corridor from construction. She estimated replacement of the deteriorated block wall at roughly $200–$240 per linear foot and calculated a…
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