The Brief
- Residents in a historic Tempe neighborhood are speaking out after construction for a new shopping center led to months of water-related torment.
- A damaged pipe caused by excavation work left residents without proper irrigation water, driving up utility bills as they used city water to keep plants alive.
- The developer and the City of Tempe issued statements, with the city noting the situation appears to be a civil matter with no legal city remedies available.
TEMPE, Ariz. – Residents in a historic Tempe neighborhood are speaking out after they say construction for a new shopping center has led to months of water-related torment.
Local perspective:
Chris Runion’s family has lived in the same home near the Tempe intersection of Warner and Rural roads for more than 50 years. Her parents built the home in the early 1970s, and she moved in after her mother’s death, more than 20 years ago.…