City commissioners discuss timing and strategy for getting local projects in the state budget.
Tag: sewer
Posted inEnvironment, Public Safety
5 Million Gallons and Counting: Lakeland Tallies Wastewater Spills Caused by Milton
The massive surge of water sent sewage into at least six waterways.
Posted inBusiness, Environment
Closure of Septic Waste Dump Creates Hardship for Polk Haulers, Homeowners
Lakeland is about to launch a two-year ‘septic-to-sewer’ feasibility study, but conversion is costly.
Posted inCity Hall, Environment, Neighborhoods
Alternate Path for Sewer Project May Save Lakeland $7.9 Million
The Western Trunk pipeline’s new route will avoid disrupting traffic near Lakeland Christian School.
Posted inBusiness, Downtown
Kitty Cat Lounge Owner Fears Orange Street Closure Will Hurt Business
The road will be closed to through traffic from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily for the next several weeks as sewer lines are repaired.
Posted inConsumer, Neighborhoods
Lakeland Woman Pleads for Help As 5-Foot Hole In Mobile Home Park Grows Larger
‘The hole is going to swallow my air conditioner,’ Georgetowne Manor resident Cathi Collini fears.
Posted inTransportation
Portion of East Orange Street closed as crews replace 100-year-old sewer line
Two-day project will replace cracked clay line with PVC pipe.
Posted inCity Hall, Transportation
Emergency Sewer Repairs to Close Lanes at Griffin Road and U.S. 98
The nearly $2 million project is needed to prevent possible ‘large-scale failure’ of corroded iron pipes that date to the 1980s.
Posted inDowntown, Transportation
Final Update: Florida Avenue Reopened After Only One Commuter Cycle
Work had been expected to disrupt downtown traffic for much of the week, but it was completed in less than a day.
Posted inCity Hall, Neighborhoods
Sewer Line Replacement Tops City List for Federal Relief Funds
Nearly 80 percent of the $22.7 million the city of Lakeland expects to receive from the federal American Rescue Plan will go to replace a failing sewer trunk in southwest Lakeland, city commissioners decided today.