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DeKalb approves payments for damaged homes

Shelitha Kindell on Thursday shows yellow caution tape she has used near damaged area in her living room caused by explosions to clear land for DeKalb County’s sewage plant construction at her home. Dozens of homes were shaken and damaged by explosions to clear land for DeKalb County’s sewage plant construction, leaving unstable foundations, cracked walls and sunken floors. The county government has agreed to pay more than $500,000 for repairs, but some residents say the money isn’t enough to cover their costs. HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM
Shelitha Kindell on Thursday shows yellow caution tape she has used near damaged area in her living room caused by explosions to clear land for DeKalb County’s sewage plant construction at her home. Dozens of homes were shaken and damaged by explosions to clear land for DeKalb County’s sewage plant construction, leaving unstable foundations, cracked walls and sunken floors. The county government has agreed to pay more than $500,000 for repairs, but some residents say the money isn’t enough to cover their costs. HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM
By Mark Niesse
July 1, 2016

DeKalb County's government is paying about $500,000 to settle claims from residents whose homes were damaged by explosions to clear land for the expansion of a sewage plant.

Some residents say they doubt the money will be enough to fix their broken foundations, cracked walls and leaky roofs.

Much of the damage occurred in 2012 and 2013, when work at the Snapfinger Advanced Wastewater Treatment Facility began. Blasting was halted in September 2013 and resumed this year.

DeKalb’s government has settled 116 claims from residents who live near the plant, but 13 more claims are still pending.

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Mark Niesse is an enterprise reporter and covers elections and Georgia government for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and is considered an expert on elections and voting. Before joining the AJC, he worked for The Associated Press in Atlanta, Honolulu and Montgomery, Alabama. He also reported for The Daily Report and The Santiago Times in Chile.

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