Historical February–March 2004 article. Dates, prices, services and contacts describe the source period; current availability has not been established.
The Municipal Sewer District (MSD) is asking voters to approve a $500 million bond issue when they cast ballots in the presidential primary on February 3. MSD is under pressure from the Environmental Protection Agency to upgrade its sewers, many of which are 80 years old.
If the agency fails to undertake these upgrades, it says it runs the risk of coming under a U.S. Department of Justice consent decree. Passage of the bond issue will raise a typical resident’s sewer bill from $ 17 to $ 24 for 25 years.
If the bond issue does not pass, rates will rise from $ 17 to $ 37, for the next 5 years. Representatives of MSD discussed the bond issue at a meeting of the 28th Ward Regular Democrats on January 15. Someone asked whether MSD put in new sewers in developing areas while neglecting maintenance to older sewers in our area.
The representatives said developers had to pay for the new sewers.
The spirited 28th Ward discussion also included the likelihood of another bond issue by 2006, as well as questioning about how much of the mandated work will really be completed with this funding.
Originally published in The Times of Skinker-DeBaliviere, February–March 2004.
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