Residents applaud city initiative to replace lead lines

ABC 13
Willie Daniely III

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TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - Mayor Wade Kapszukiewicz revealed the details of the $10 million Customer Lead Line Replacement Program Tuesday, which will replace every customer lead service line in the city.

“Ever since the Flint water crisis that has been in the back of my mind,” says Robert Hannon, who has lived in Toledo’s Historic Old West End for almost 30 years. “We use filtered water ever since we moved down here.”

The Old West End has homes well over 100-years-old, some of which have lead pipes. “I love my neighborhood, don’t get me wrong. This is my favorite neighborhood in the city,” says Hannon. I’m very glad they are talking about fixing the lead lines.”