Tecumseh preparing for future growth [Video]

In order to keep up with the impacts of climate change and growth in the town of Tecumseh, the Cedarwood Sanitary Pump Station is scheduled to be replaced.

“We have roughly about 9,200 households in the country right now, and we’re looking to add 4,700 homes in the next ten years,” remarked Tecumseh Mayor Gary McNamara Wednesday morning after Windsor-Tecumseh MP Irek Kusmierczyk announced the federal government’s $3.6 million investment to help pay for a new pump station.

“Maintenance is getting more frequent, getting more expensive as well,” said Director of Public Works and Engineering Services Phil Bartnik of the building, which was constructed in 1972 on Gauthier Drive near Little River Boulevard.

The project will cost around $9 million.

“Growing cities need growing infrastructure and this region in the town of Tecumseh is one of the fastest growing communities in Canada,” said Kusmierczyk.

McNamara pointed out the capacity of water pump stations has increased ten-fold in …