Update on the Flint Water situation

Slow going, and now I'm worried about progress since we are still stuck with our crooked Governor, and I doubt Trump gives a good gawd damn about the situation in Flint.

Crews nearly half way to 1,000 homes having new pipes in Flint before winter

FLINT, MI – Crews have replaced lead-tainted pipes at nearly 500 Flint homes, according Flint officials.

Mayor Karen Weaver announced earlier this month that she is hoping at least 1,000 homes will have new water lines before winter hits under her Fast Start Program, which launched in March to replace lead-tainted pipes in Flint.

So far, crews have replaced service lines at 460 homes, according to a Nov. 21 press release from Flint's spokeswoman, Kristin Moore.

Under the Fast Start program, Weaver said at least 15,000 homes in Flint have been identified as priority homes. About 5,000 of those homes have been slotted to have infrastructure replaced during the third phase of the Fast Start program, which started sometime in October with the goal of initially replacing infrastructure at 788 homes. The rest of the 5,000 homes are planned to be worked on next spring when the weather breaks.

Weaver said she is still pushing to have infrastructure replaced in the entire city, which she estimates to be about 40,000 homes.

more at: http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2016/11/crews_nearly_half_way_to_1000.html#incart_river_home