The Globe - Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties

By CHARITY SMITH

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BESSEMER — The city of Bessemer chose an alternative thickness of sewer pipe for the city’s water and sewer project as a result of an increase in price for the product.

The city council voted on Monday to use SDR35 pipe instead of the SDR26 pipe the city had previously selected.

“Force Majeure declarations remain in effect for raw materials, specifically PVC resin, resulting in allocations and limits on new orders, with older orders of pipe having been cancelled or not ordered/ taken delivery of altogether,” said Darren Pionk, project mana...