When we heard about outrageous costs associated with state-required sewer connections in southeast Bend’s Old Farm District, we were skeptical. A $50,000 bill to trench a 91-foot line to connect a SE Tapadera Street home to the city’s sewer seemed outrageous. We initially thought it simply couldn’t be accurate. It is. Bend City Engineer Ryan […]
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An Unseen Problem
Sewer system gets major upgrades
Bend’s sewer system is at capacity, but that’s not its only problem. Add several decades of neglected maintenance and pump stations reaching the end of their lifecycle to the mix and it’s a rather stinky—and expensive—situation. Coming in at $10.6 million, it’s also one of the costliest infrastructure projects currently on the City’s plate. As […]