Nearly 400 Homeowners Will Be Billed for Sewer Lateral Fixes
Nearly all of the 386 sewer laterals inspected in the southern edge of the village will require repairs that will be assessed to the homeowner. Estimated costs are $2,000-$8,000 each.
Nearly 400 homeowners in the southern portion of the village will be billed about $2,000-$8,000 by the village next year for the repair or replacement of their sanitary sewer lateral. After investigating 386 sewer laterals in the flood-prone area of the village, contractors found evidence of root intrusion and/or mineral deposits in 90 percent of the laterals. Only 1 or 2 percent of the laterals are in good condition, according to a memo from Assistant Village Engineer Aaron Jahncke. Whitefish Bay trustees last week reaffirmed their intentions to line or replace those damaged laterals, and then bill the homeowner for the repairs. The village will bid for contractors in January, and work is expected to start in March. Homeowners in the …
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Kevin Buckley
10:06 am on Thursday, May 2, 2013
Hey, Jon. I was on the board when this came up. In the end, I lobbied against this lateral plan for many of the same reasons you state above. The argument that won the day was the concept that .. nearly every private lateral in Bay is 80+ years old, clay pipe that's undoubtedly cracked by now. While no one likes to maintain these, at some point, every single lateral has to be replaced. About the … more ›