Sewage committee meets with Public Works and Planning

Town holding the line; residents vowing to go take the matter further

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Eugene Nippard, his partner, and her son, have been living in their home on Grenfell Heights for three years, and in that time have had to deal with six sewage backups.

Its an issue that residents of Grenfell Heights in Grand Falls-Windsor are not willing to flush away just yet.

After presenting a petition last month to the Town of Grand Falls-Windsor, the Grenfell Heights Sewer Line Committee, led by Eugene Nippard, were given the opportunity to air their concerns one-on-one with the Public Works and Planning committee. That meeting was held Tuesday.

At that time the committee also presented a letter to council detailing their concerns.

Last month Nippard, who owns one of the 53 properties in an area of Grenfell Heights that is not hooked into the towns sewer system, told The Advertiser about his sewage issues.

Nippard's home is on a septic tank and he said he has had a number of backups in recent years that he said have caused him significant financial and emotional stress.

He contends the town missed an opportunity to hook all of Grenfell Heights to the towns sewer system when it approved a request by the province to hook up Exploits Valley High at 392 Grenfell Heights.

Nippard believes the Town should have been able to hook the 30 unserviced Grenfell Heights properties to the schools force main, which will run right by all the properties, since the roads will be torn up at that time.

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Sewage committee meets with Public Works and Planning