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Excavated trench exposing a gray lead water pipe in dark layered soil.

Hyde Park gets 200 lead pipes replaced as city hits 10,000

Greater Cincinnati Water Works announced it has replaced 10,000 lead service lines since 2018, including about 200 in Hyde Park this spring, with 30,000 lines still to go before a 2037 federal deadline.

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Excavated trench exposing a gray lead water pipe in dark layered soil.

Hyde Park gets 200 lead pipes replaced as city hits 10,000

Greater Cincinnati Water Works announced it has replaced 10,000 lead service lines since 2018, including about 200 in Hyde Park this spring, with 30,000 lines still to go before a 2037 federal deadline.

· 2 min read

Excavated trench exposing a gray lead water pipe in dark layered soil.

Hyde Park gets 200 lead pipes replaced as city hits 10,000

Greater Cincinnati Water Works announced it has replaced 10,000 lead service lines since 2018, including about 200 in Hyde Park this spring, with 30,000 lines still to go before a 2037 federal deadline.

· 2 min read

City Council honors road worker killed on Norwood Lateral, family fills chamber

Cincinnati City Council passed a resolution Aug. 5 honoring Jonathan Young, the 46-year-old road worker killed by a Metro bus on the Norwood Lateral in July, as his family and co-workers filled the chamber and Vice Mayor Kearney described how Young pushed colleagues out of harm's way.

Cincinnati City Council approves millions in east-side flood relief

Cincinnati City Council approved millions in emergency flood relief for east-side residents on Aug. 5 and advanced a green infrastructure motion, acting on its last day before a five-week recess as more than 1,800 households reported sewer backups from July's storms.

Mt. Lookout Fall Festival clears City Council permit hurdle

Cincinnati City Council approved the Mt. Lookout Fall Festival's special event permit at its Aug. 5 session, giving the Mt. Lookout Community Council the go-ahead to stage the annual neighborhood celebration at Mt. Lookout Square this fall.

Council votes Wednesday on $1 million flood relief for east-side homeowners

Cincinnati City Council votes Wednesday afternoon on $1 million in flood relief for east-side residents and a motion to create a green infrastructure task force, with federal FEMA aid ruled out and nearly 2,000 properties reporting water intrusion since July's storms.

Mount Lookout residents demand flood fixes at packed meeting

Mount Lookout residents packed a nearly two-hour meeting with four council members on Monday, August 3, demanding zoning changes, green infrastructure, and long-term investment after two July floods; a full council vote on recovery funding is set for Wednesday, August 5.

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Cincinnati nuisance law expansion would let city fine problem bars and businesses

Cincinnati's Public Safety committee unanimously advanced an emergency ordinance on Aug. 3 that would extend the city's chronic nuisance law to bars and commercial businesses for the first time and codify protections for domestic violence victims; a full council vote is set for Wednesday, Aug. 5.

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