Why must Lower Shaker Lake be drained? The Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District informed the locals that this was the master plan and that Lower Lake would remain after we lost Upper Lake.
Extensive studies that demonstrated this was the only viable option led to the creation of the master plan.
The main plan is currently kaput. Why? They have new information, though. Why now?
It seems as though high rollers from the art museum board and the sewer district board were drinking tea when they realized they had similar interests.
Well, the plan changed.
This is a regional issue, in my opinion. It is naive to blame Cleveland and Shaker Heights for lacking the resources necessary to preserve and repair the lakes.
The enormous volume of water originates from the hilltop. The inner ring suburbs are the least likely to have the resources to handle the deluge of water coming from higher and wealthier elevations, and they are also the ones with no meaningful representation on the sewage district board.
I think Cuyahoga County Executive Chris Ronayne and Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb might contribute to a more equitable board.
I’m requesting that they examine the process used to make these judgments for the area. Please apply the brakes!
Simpson, Mary Anne
Heights of Cleveland
