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The city is using emergency repair funds after a contractor working on a state transportation project filled a sewer pipe with concrete.
The City of Lufkin is using its emergency repair funds to cover more than $160,000 in repair costs. The costs follow a Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) project.
A TxDOT contractor accidentally drilled into a city sewer main. Wet concrete then filled nearly 400 feet of the pipe.
Written by The Alamo Republican from KLTV’s reporting, using only the facts in it. KLTV’s own headline: “Lufkin fronts $162K in emergency repairs after TxDOT project fills sewer main with concrete”
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