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November 18, 2014

Is $85M sewer project in jeopardy with new Bend council members?

  • The City Council will also look at expanding the urban growth boundary.

    • BEND, Ore. (AP) — The November election has given skeptics of two major water projects a majority on the Bend City Council, a development that is likely to mean wariness about spending to promote rapid growth in a city known for it and new approaches to contentious issues such as housing density.

    Two council candidates, Barb Campbell and Nathan Boddie, ran successful campaigns critical of the $60 million cost of upgrading a water-intake facility and pipeline and installing a filtration plant, the Bend Bulletin reported. They unseated council members who were in the majority on 4-3 votes to approve the projects.


     
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