The borough has negotiated a $50,000 insurance settlement to help pay for repairs after a boat owner pulled up their anchor and hooked and crimped the sewage treatment plant’s deep outfall pipeline in the waters off City Park last September.
The Public Works Department quickly found a temporary solution to keep the treated discharge flowing out of the plant. Bids on a permanent fix were due at City Hall on Tuesday, Feb. 4.
The total cost of the temporary work, underwater video to locate the problem and permanent repairs to the pipeline is estimated at around $100,000.
Though the boat owner’s i...
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