Development plans could be flushed by sewer backup
Posted Jun 10, 2013 7:45 am.
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An underground sewer capacity problem could soon produce a building freeze in a number of northwest communities.
Design work on a $50-million secondary sewer system to compliment the one already in place is underway.
In order to take pressure of the sewer system, another network of piping needs to be built, stretching more than five kilometres underneath parts of Bowness and the Bow River.
A report tabled earlier this year suggested a total of $250-million in future sewer upgrades are needed in that part of the city alone to accommodate future growth plans.
Ward 4 Alderman Gael MacLeod says the local economy relies on growth and a building freeze would only happen as a last resort.
MacLeod says there has to be a way to come up with a plan that will allow expansion, while the various deficiencies in the sewer network are addressed.
Next month, a report detailing options the city should consider will be tabled.
A total of 17 communities, ranging from Arbour Lake and Crestmont to Valley Ridge and Varsity could be impacted.
