SYRACUSE N.Y. — Syracuse Mayor Sharon Owens says the city needs to speed up its efforts to replace lead service lines as thousands of properties remain in need of replacement.
Owens made the remarks Monday during the Lead Big Table at the INSPYRE Innovation Hub, where city leaders and community advocates gathered to discuss lead awareness and the progress of the city’s replacement program.
Syracuse has identified more than 17,000 lead service lines. The city set a goal of replacing about 1,700 this year, according to information provided for the event.
“It’s not fast enough. We have to pick up the pace,” Owens said. “We are in a good cadence, but we have some serious deadlines and goals we have to meet.”
The city maintains an online dashboard showing which properties have had their lead service lines replaced, which are scheduled for construction and which have not yet been scheduled…