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The sewer network is one of the largest assets in a city. To indicate that there is city property under the streets, but also to do a bit of city marketing, there will now be new manhole covers bearing the bucket, the coat of arms of the city of Emmerich. On Friday, Mark Antoni, Head of Technical Works (TWE), and Mayor Peter Hinze expertly installed the first cast-iron cover of this type on the sewer shaft between the library and the town hall on Steinstrasse.

50 pieces were ordered in a first go. "That roughly corresponds to the number of manhole covers that we have to replace every two to three years anyway," explains Antoni. Because the manhole covers should of course only go where it makes sense. "We don't want to burn any money." The new manhole covers (unit price: 240 euros) are no more expensive than the old ones. Additional money only had to be invested in a mold. A one-time fee of 500 euros is charged for this. The lids, which weigh 44 kilograms, are manufactured in Schleswig-Holstein. An estimated 5,000 of these are needed in the 250-kilometer sewer network in Emmerich. They can be damaged on busy roads. The new ones are to be used mainly in the inner city area.

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