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Ward 3 committee member: Project Storm hardens Panama City lift stations
Summary
A Ward 3 committee member said Project Storm, funded by CDBG-DR, is hardening Panama City's critical sewer lift stations with upgraded pumps, bypasses, control panels and telemetry; nearly half of Ward 3 stations will be improved and roughly 70% of targeted stations are already upgraded.
A Ward 3 committee member told listeners that Project Storm is using Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) funds to harden and modernize critical sewer lift stations across Panama City.
The speaker described lift stations as “specialized pump facility[ies] that keeps wastewater moving” in low-lying areas where gravity cannot carry sewage to treatment plants and warned they are “vulnerable choke points during storms, flooding, or power outages.” The upgrades, the speaker said, address those vulnerabilities.
The committee member summarized the specific improvements under the program: “The new improvements provide more reliable emergency pumping capacity, improved bypass connections, modern control panels, and advanced telemetry systems that allow city crews to monitor stations more effectively and respond faster during severe weather or power outages.” They said the work is aimed at reducing sewer overflows, protecting public health and strengthening infrastructure reliability.
Reporting on local progress, the speaker said that in Ward 3 “nearly half of our lift stations are receiving these improvements,” and that “approximately 70% of them have already been upgraded.”
The remarks framed the upgrades as a resilience investment for neighborhoods exposed to flooding and storm-related outages. The committee member closed by thanking community supporters and saying the city will continue work to strengthen its sewer infrastructure.
No formal vote or motion was recorded in the transcript; the remarks were an informational update on Project Storm and the lift-station upgrades.
