MLGW board questions progress on $1B infrastructure overhaul
Crews work to restore power to the Central Garden neighborhood of Memphis, Tennessee Feb. 4, 2022. Officials say the overhaul delay took its toll on the MLGW water system and infrastructure during a winter ice storm this past February. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
An MLGW board member questioned the $299 million capital spend in the utility’s budget. Utility officials say the five-year, $1 billion plan was slowed by supply chain problems and labor problems.
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