LAKELAND Lakeland officials got down and dirty Tuesday morning as they decided how to divvy up the millions the city will receive in federal funds.
City commissioners agreed to set aside $17.8 million of the $22.7 million, or nearly 80% of what Lakeland is expecting to receive through the American Rescue Plan Act, to tackle an overdue infrastructure project. We found out we have a $20 million problem in sewage and wastewater, Mayor Bill Mutz said Tuesday morning. Yes, it s a dirty problem.
Bill Anderson, the city s director of water utilities, said a major gravity-fed sewer line that serves a portion of southwest Lakeland is in dire need of replacement. It s roughly 2.7 miles of pipe that starts west of Lake Hunter, near Westside Park, moves southeast to a corner of the lake, then follows a portion of Harden Boulevard before traveling around Beacon Hill.
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