Tools

Montrose Sewer Line Project To Help Future Growth

by KREX News Room
by Courtney Griffin

Story Created: Feb 28, 2013 at 7:10 PM MDT

Story Updated: Feb 28, 2013 at 7:20 PM MDT

MONTROSE, Colo.- Montrose City officials are adding more sewer taps to allow future construction projects along the North-Eastern part of the city.

The Airport Trunk Sewer Line project is in its third phase, which is a project officials say had to be done due to the current sewer lines being at capacity.

Officials say they had to put a sewer tap moratorium in place two years ago until the project was near completion.

They say the new pipes are to accommodate future growth.

"The lines that we had in place just couldn't handle much more growth. We're in kind of an economic slump right now and we're not seeing a lot of growth or building activity. But, we want to be prepared for when the economy picks up again and we start selling more sewer taps again,"said John Harris, public works director, with the City of Montrose.

Officials say the new pipes are 30-inch gravity fed sewer pipes, and they're installing 42 hundred feet of linear pipes underground.

The project is expected to be completed this summer.

Add a comment

Name:

Comment: 1000 Characters Left

KREX - News, Weather, Sports for Grand Junction | Montrose | Glenwood Springs - Coverage You Can Count On and its affiliated companies are not responsible for the content of comments posted or for anything arising out of use of the above comments or other interaction among the users. We reserve the right to screen, refuse to post, remove or edit user-generated content at any time and for any or no reason in our absolute and sole discretion without prior notice, although we have no duty to do so or to monitor any Public Forum.

Most Popular
This content requires the latest Adobe Flash Player and a browser with JavaScript enabled. Click here for a free download of the latest Adobe Flash Player.
News Channel 5 Weather