Oakridge declares emergency, seeks county and state help after sewer overflow

Oakridge declares emergency, seeks county and state help after sewer overflow

The City of Oakridge continues repair work after announcing a sanitary sewer overflow on Wednesday.

Around 8 a.m. on June 3, the overflow was discovered, “threatening life and property,” the City of Oakridge stated in a Thursday letter from James Cleavenger, the Oakridge city administrator, addressed to the Lane County Office of Emergency Management.

The city declared a state of emergency.

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