Ditch the TID canal pipe project
The city’s second big reason behind the project is that the poorly maintained concrete canal loses a large percentage of water (stated to be 30 percent) to seepage and evaporation. There surely are less expensive methods of repair/resurfacing available and proper yearly maintenance of the canal would negate most possible water losses through leaks and breaks. (The miles of concrete canal not under city control must get maintained regularly to avoid such losses?).
If approved, the removal of the concrete canal and the installation of an underground pipe will put large, noisy concrete removal/construction equipment in our yards and neighborhoods for a year or more and a noisy, permanent water pumping station at the corner of Pinecrest Terrace and Ponderosa.
I don’t know why, but many people living along the canal and those who enjoy walking or running regularly along the TID canal path do not seem to know about the proposed removal of the canal! The negative effects on lifestyle and livability, while solving little in the way of water quality and retention, mount up to a waste of millions of taxpayer dollars better spent elsewhere.
There is a “public feedback” meeting concerning the TID Canal Pipe Project at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 31 at Southern Oregon University in the Stevenson Union third floor Gallery Room.
John Hauschild lives in Ashland.
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