Atlanta panel backs $2 million for watershed truck and heavy-equipment replacements

Atlanta’s City Utilities Committee unanimously recommended Sept. 29 a $2 million reserve transfer for the Department of Watershed Management’s Vehicle and Heavy Equipment Project. The program addresses replacement needs through sewer-cleaner trucks, Ford pickups, tandem dump trucks and a backhoe.

The supporting ordinance says the program has reduced the share of department vehicles operating beyond normal service life from 54% to 18%. Ordinance 26-O-1531 has a committee recommendation, not final budget approval or a completed equipment purchase. The minutes list Oct. 5 at 1 p.m. as the next checkpoint.