On Labor Day, there was a sewage force main that broke on 40th Street just east of Royal Palm Beach Boulevard. 40th Street is the Acreage road that borders the Town of Royal Palm Beach. This sewage line was installed around 2008 in the Scripps/Mecca project. It enters the Acreage on 40th Street at 110 Avenue, runs west along 40th Street and turns north on 140th Avenue. It now serves the public schools in our community and Friedland Park on Hamlin Boulevard, west of 180th Avenue. It will likely serve all the new developments approved in the Acreage area in the near future.
This pipe has broken 3 times in the past 6 years and it is only 8 years old. This is of serious concern for our community and we must insist that our residents, animals, their properties and our canals are protected from such contamination. We must also demand this pipe be replaced as it doesn't need a study by engineers to support the claim there is something seriously wrong with a pipe that keeps breaking in such a short period of time.
A huge thank you to Supervisors Gary Dunkley and Carol Jacobs for acting proactively to protect our canals and assisting residents with their concerns once they became aware of the break. I am confident they will continue to advocate on behalf of our residents and our assets.
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