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Gloucester County supervisors review public utilities concerns

The Gloucester County Board of Supervisors reviewed concerns relating to public utilities Tuesday night in the colonial courthouse. Director of Public Utilities Katey Legg delivered the presentation. The county has funded 28 full-time positions for utilities and is currently experiencing four vacancies, which are in the line maintenance and pump station departments. The county owns 19 pump stations, managed by a three-person crew. “Capacity is not generally an issue,” said Legg about the pump stations. “The court house is a different situation.” There are five pump stations in the court house area, but only one is connected to the Hampton Roads Sanitation District system. “[Pumps] 13 and 11 are over capacity,” said Legg. “We can’t support any development added to those pump stations.” Legg reviewed the previous sewer improvement plan, which was supposed to have begun in 2017 with pump station 11. “None of this had been done when I arrived in ’24,” she said. The current capital plan inc...

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