За $5,9 млн в Вест-Монро заменили канализационную станцию 1957 года, обслуживающую более 3,1 тыс. домов

В городе Вест-Монро официально открыли новую канализационную насосную станцию, заменившую устаревшую систему 1957 года, которая обслуживает более 3,1 тысячи жилых и коммерческих объектов. Проект стоимостью 5,9 миллиона долларов, завершившийся спустя шесть лет, обеспечит надежную работу инфраструктуры и снизит риски затопления для жителей района.

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West Monroe replaces 1957 sewer station with $5.9 million project City officials say new lift station serves more than 3,100 homes and businesses MONROE, La. (KNOE) - The city of West Monroe officially opened the new Drago Street sewer lift station Wednesday, replacing the original sewer system built in 1957. West Monroe Mayor Staci Albritton Mitchell attended the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the project, which took six years to complete. “This is the smell of progress. This is what the City of West Monroe and our residents, our businesses can, I say rest assured that we have reliable sanitary sewer service that will continue to allow us to operate, grow, move forward and be prosperous,” Mitchell said. 75-year-old pipes and pumps are hard to find in 2026, which made the original system vulnerable to going down and backing up. “Then as that backs up, then it will overflow. It will overflow sanitary sewer manholes. It will overflow in houses or businesses,” said Robert George, a civil engineer with S.E. Huey. The $5.9 million project serves more than 3,100 homes and businesses across 5 square miles in West Monroe. It is the most expensive infrastructure project in the city over the past 8 years. Mitchell said multiple state officials and lawmakers helped with the funding to take the load off local taxpayers. “But our local legislators is what has supported this project through capital outlay, through the whole process. And so that was critical and just so important in making this project happen and to be less of a burden on the taxpayers,” Mitchell said. Project engineers say that while the total price of the system may seem high, it allows them to be more confident in its stability moving forward. “When you’re looking at a project and you’re up against a budget, if you don’t have the full funding for it, then those are some areas that you may have to look at to reduce, which then reduces your resiliency. And that’s, you never want that. You would like to know that if you’re going to solve the problem, then it’s solved for good,” George said. The new station was relocated to the opposite side of the canal near Drago Street to reduce the risk of flooding. Copyright 2026 KNOE. All rights reserved.