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By Kris Dube, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, NiagaraThisWeek.com The site of a new sewage pumping station to be built in Fort Erie to replace the aging and outdated one next to it has been covered with a \u00a0large tent and fence for several months. This is to facilitate archeological work for which Niagara Region has spent more than $3 million since 2023. The Catherine Street pumping station was built in 1981 and is reaching the end of its service life. Due \u00a0to its current condition and to support growth, it is set to be \u00a0replaced on lands directly next to it at 263 Niagara Blvd., as well as \u00a0around the Lakeshore Road sewage pumping station, which is also to be \u00a0overhauled, said Phill Lambert, the Region\u2019s director of water and… <\/p>\n

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By Kris Dube, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, NiagaraThisWeek.com The site of a new sewage pumping station to be built in Fort Erie to replace the aging and outdated one next to it has been covered with a \u00a0large tent and fence for several months. This is to facilitate archeological work for which Niagara Region has spent more than $3 million since 2023. The Catherine Street pumping station was built in 1981 and is reaching the end of its service life. Due \u00a0to its current condition and to support growth, it is set to be \u00a0replaced on lands directly next to it at 263 Niagara Blvd., as well as \u00a0around the Lakeshore Road sewage pumping station, which is also to be \u00a0overhauled, said Phill Lambert, the Region\u2019s director of water and... <\/p>\n

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