Plugging along with pipe improvements

An ongoing infrastructure improvement project is going according to plan in east Hartley.

According to Bolton & Menk engineer Josh Pope, the cure-in-place-pipe (CIPP) lining project has experienced few issues over the past month. The improvements were made possible thanks to a $500,000 Community Development Block Grant.

"It's moving along nicely," Pope said during the April 10 city council meeting. "We have had a couple of pipe condition issues that have required replacement, but we expect those types of things throughout the course of the project."

After televising the pipes to view their con...