SALISBURY — A dedicated stormwater utility in Salisbury is likely an “inevitable situation,” according to one City Council member, but the council also said it’s committed to making any such utility transparent and fair.
Salisbury has high benchmarks to meet when it comes to reducing the negative impact of stormwater in the city with both flooding and runoff.
“We’re looking at 24-percent reductions in nitrogen and almost 40-percent reductions in phosphorous by that 2025 [state] deadline,” said Michael Moulds, director of Public Works.
Some of the bulwarks the city currently has in place to combat stormwater are outdated. Storm drains on East Main Street are roughly 80 years old and nearing the end of their effectiveness. Replacing them from between Route 113 to Bishop Street would cost about $340,000. There are also dams in place to mitigate flooding that require significant upkeep.
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Wouldn't it be a whole lot easier to just have Wicomico County absorb the City of Salisbury and eliminate the City government? A lot of duplication of services would be eliminated.
ReplyDeleteNo, 551, please! Shanie in charge of my county home? get yourself a life outside my county!
ReplyDeleteNo, no, 10:25. I meant just the opposite; disband City government and let the County run the whole thing.
ReplyDeleteenvironmental mandates are just boondoggles for patrons placed in positions to glean assets at all levels of a project like this--we got ripped off once by these people --arbitrary standards and the desires of the groups that WBOC broadcasts every single press release should always be scrutinized
ReplyDeleteNo, I don't want to be liable for the city's WWTP fiasco. Let them live that one down without yet another costly screw up.
ReplyDeleteActually, that's legally not possible. But it is possible for the City and County to consolidate - but that would mean everyone is inside the new City government (though it would be treated as both a municipality and county in State law). This would have to be decided by referendum by all voters.
ReplyDeleteCombine city/county: I would vote for that!
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