Rolling in grant money
Federal, state and local officials formally announced funding for an estimated $800,000 water line extension project Wednesday.
The extension project is expect to serve between 70 and 80 people in the Centertown and Irving College areas, Warren County Utility District manager Mike Green said.
Areas affected are Petigap Road, where construction has already begun, as well as Neal Medley, Pleasant Hill, Womack, McMillen, John Oliver and R.G. Kirby roads and Haletown Lane in the Centertown area and Northcutt’s Cove Road in the Irving College area. The utility expects to lay about 80,000 feet of water lines.
Construction is expected to last about six months depending upon weather, but Green said the utility is looking forward to providing the service to families who have subsisted on well water, springs or even by hauling water to their homes.
“For years they’ve needed the water and some have even requested it for years and they’re just now able to get it,” Green said. “We want to be somewhat aggressive and help as many people as we can.”
The work has become possible via a $200,000 rural utilities service water loan and a $118,000 grant by the United States Department of Agriculture Rural Development to Warren County. Additionally, the project is being co-funded with a $477,000 Community Development Block grant and $5,000 from Warren County Utility District.