Washougal City Council position 6 candidate Adam Philbin believes the city’s infrastructure has not kept up with the population growth during the past decade.
“The police department has not had any additional officers in 10 years,” he said, during a recent interview.
Philbin, 49, includes additional roads maintenance in the city’s infrastructure needs.
He said the $12.16 million wastewater treatment plant improvements project, mandated by the state in 2014, was not planned ahead for and should have been done years ahead of time in anticipation of growth.
The improvements project at 3900 state Route 14 included construction of a second influent pump station, oxidation ditch flow distribution structure, second oxidation ditch and ultraviolet/effluent pumping building for treatment and disinfection.
The Washington State Department of Commerce provided a $1 million grant for the project, and the remainder was paid with Washougal sewer rates and operations funding.