Dumping the pump
Greensboro City Council dropped its offer to takeover a Randleman Dam pump station.
Earlier this year, Greensboro and High Point officials floated an idea to the Piedmont Triad Regional Water Authority, which oversees the water project: let us build the pump on Highway 62 faster and cheaper. Let's get water to our cities sooner rather than later.
But Authority officials were skeptical of accepting the offer.
Greensboro City Manager Mitchell Johnson said Authority officials wanted to retain ownership of the pump station, an easy enough agreement to make. But he wasn't confident that concession would convince the Authority to take Greensboro up on its offer.
Council voted to cut its losses, rescind the offer, and let the Authority move forward with the original plan.
In the mayor's words, the issue was "very, very polluted."
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An accidental extra "n" in the structure's name in the first sentence? Or a Freudian slip?
Posted on May 15, 2008 9:44 PM