Sewer rate increase, torn up streets coming, council hears

Huntington County Tab:

Huntington residents should begin bracing themselves for a nearly $10-a-month sewage rate increase - as well as some torn-up streets.

Both will be effects of the next phase of the city's long-term project to bring its sewage system into compliance with state and federal mandates to stop human waste from flowing into area rivers and streams.

Representatives of the city's engineering office visited the Huntington Common Council meeting on Tuesday, April 10, giving council members a heads-up that they'll need to decide by June or July how to handle the project.