Remember the invading eight million dollar water tower from last December? If not, here's a refresher:
Now the tower is finished, and the Martians currently in control of the Florence Water Department have dared to place a picture of the strange ship on the cover of its latest quarterly report.
Just how much does this tower hurt adjoining houses? Our source says it devalues these properties between 5% and 15%.
Today, the EPA extended the deadline to lower drinking water PFAs by two whole years until 2031. What will the cost be in the largest area system located in Florence?
$135 Million!
That's a lot of change. Will the system receive any federal help? Probably.
Still, according to manager Tad Cole, rates should go up from a $15.66 minimum to $30.00. We're guessing the vote to raise rates won't come until after the August municipal elections.
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If you live in Florence, how do you feel about that $135 million project? Does a new city hall look so attractive now?
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It had been an ordinary week on Bridlewood Drive, an average street in a a nondescript subdivision in a common Alabama town. Then the residents spotted a strange shadow. Looking upward, they saw the behemoth rising from behind their overpriced homes.
Children screamed. Men and women ran for their safe rooms...if they had one. Those who didn't have their own resources called 911, but help from the city never came...
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Is our rather late Halloween story true? Partially, but the invader wasn't a Martian spaceship. It was a new City of Florence water tank - just what everyone wanted for Christmas.
In fairness, the project had been announced three years before, but many paid no attention. Others had no idea what the new 120 ft. water tower would bring to the quiet neighborhood in terms of industrial architecture. Now it's halfway completed, and it's too late to complain.
For those in Florence just happy that it isn't in their backyard, remember that all City taxpayers are footing the bill. Just how much did this lovely spaceship model cost? The projected budget from 2021 was eight million dollars. We're betting the tower is running over the initial projections. Happy holidays!
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