A large sewer main along MLK Jr. Boulevard in East Waco collapsed for the third time last year. Fixing it is proving complex and costly.
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Waco is still cleaning up from June’s flash floods. A new stormwater fee could reduce future risks.
Waco leaders hope to learn from the June 14 flash floods that blocked Interstate 35 and prompted several high water rescues.
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Cracked streets and leaking pipes give Lacy Lakeview leaders headaches. They see data center dollars as the cure.
Lacy Lakeview struggled for years with tight budgets and deteriorating streets and utilities. The promise of $10 billion in tax base from the Infrakey project looked like a once-in-a-lifetime solution. A photo essay.
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Lacy Lakeview needs Waco’s help to realize its data center dreams. It’s not going well.
Lacy Lakeview’s hasty approach to the data center project has alienated the Waco officials who would control water service to the site.
“Without the City of Waco agreeing to it, Lacy Lakeview can’t do anything out there and neither can Infrakey,” State Rep. Pat Curry said. “Those guys don’t know what the hell they’re doing.”
