BRUNSWICK
Members of Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Authority’s Board of Directors voted Tuesday to spend $75,000 on sewer repairs, to be performed by the Brunswick Sewer District.
Aging, often haphazard infrastructure, is among the redeveloper’s largest hurdles as it works to repurpose the former military base into a planned commerce and recreational park.
Aside from finding tenants to occupy buildings at Brunswick Landing and generate revenue, MRRA also hopes to control operating costs by revamping drainage, sewer management and electricity transmission systems.
Video work conducted earlier this summer by the town’s sewer district showed that the former base’s sewer system condition was better than expected, MRRA Executive Director Steve Levesque said Tuesday.
He estimated the extent of the work is “half to twothirds” of the original repair and replacement estimate, which numbered in the hundreds of thousands of dollars.
“There are about 20 places that need to be done right away,” he said. “The video showed that the original problem is still a large problem, just that it’s not as big as we first thought.”
Work is scheduled to begin immediately.
Brunswick Sewer District workers initially will excavate where existing pipes are weakened but not deteriorated so badly as to warrant complete replacement. Then sleeves of metal or PVC plastic will be installed over existing pipe to reinforce the weak sections.
Other jobs that are too big, or would take too long for the town’s sewer department, will be bid out to private contractors.
“Every time we can make an improvement, we’re saving
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