The City of Salisbury will step up enforcement of stormwater maintenance requirements in response to declining upkeep of privately owned stormwater systems.
Salisbury officials have announced the installation of new trash nets on stormwater outfall pipes in an effort to reduce pollution in public waterways.
Lake Street will be closed from Route 50 to West Main Street for another day as crews perform stormwater system maintenance and begin work to install a tide gate aimed at reducing flooding in the area, city officials announced.
Maryland is taking over operations at the state’s largest wastewater treatment plant after environment officials “determined that the decline in the proper maintenance and operation of the Plant risks catastrophic failures.”
