Borough seeks increased loan for Pump Station 4 replacement

The Petersburg Borough Wastewater Utility department will pursue a loan increase from the state of Alaska for the Pump Station 4 replacement project.

“The money has already been approved by the voters, the assembly already approved all of this, but how it’s allocated is a change,” Borough Manager Steve Giesbrecht told the Pilot. “Now we’re going to have to put more money into Pump Station 4 than we thought we would originally.”

In 2019, Petersburg voters passed Resolution 1 and approved $8 million in debt service for water and wastewater projects.

“We’re not exceeding that $8 million, but we a...