More funding may be available for Atlanta to make water system repairs after city council vote [Video]

The City of Atlanta has found a way to free up extra money that might be used to repair the city’s aging water infrastructure.

Council members approved reducing the reserve fund for serving the Atlanta Department of Watershed Management’s debts to 50%, giving the city an extra $177 million that it could spend on fixing or replacing water-related infrastructure.

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The decision comes just weeks after a series of major water main breaks in Atlanta caused several neighborhoods and thousands of residents to go without water for days.

However, the ordinance that was approved by the Atlanta City Council was proposed before the water main crisis, having first been introduced on May 29. The next day, the water main crisis bubbled over with multiple water main breaks across Midtown Atlanta.

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The ordinance, which was approved by council members in a unanimous vote, modifies the city’s master bond ordinance …