Area Communities Receive Infrastructure Grant Funding
June 2, 2017 at 3:56 p.m.
By Staff Report-
Locally, the town of Silver Lake will receive $500,000 and South Whitley will receive $550,000.
Applications for Round 1 of the federal Community Development Block Grant were due to OCRA on April 7. The state of Indiana distributes CDBG funds to rural communities in an effort to ensure health and safety, and to improve the quality of life of citizens, according to a news release.
The goals of the Wastewater Drinking Water Program are to protect the health and environment, reduce utility rates for low- to moderate-income communities, and improve rural infrastructure to enable long-term economic growth. Eligible WDW projects include many aspects of wastewater improvements and drinking water system improvements.
Local projects receiving Wastewater Drinking Water Program grant funding are:
• Silver Lake has been awarded $500,000 for construction of sanitary sewer improvements. This project will entail the construction of a 6-inch force main, instillation of new pumps, and the construction of four storm sewer lines to alleviate inflow/infiltration problems. This will benefit the residents of Silver Lake by reducing inflow/infiltration of the existing sanitary sewer system thus eliminating systemwide sanitary sewer back-ups.
• South Whitley has been awarded $550,000 for replacement and improvements to the drinking water systems. This project will replace and add lines, hydrants and valves in selected areas and install a new iron filtration system in the water treatment plant. It will benefit residents who reside in town limits of South Whitley by improving the quality and safety of the drinking water.
Funding for the five programs comes from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Community Development Block Grant program and is administered for the state of Indiana by OCRA.
Round 2 of the CDBG program, including the same five programs, will commence with letters of intent due on July 7 and final applications due Sept. 1.
For more information about these programs, contact Aletha Dunston at [email protected].
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Locally, the town of Silver Lake will receive $500,000 and South Whitley will receive $550,000.
Applications for Round 1 of the federal Community Development Block Grant were due to OCRA on April 7. The state of Indiana distributes CDBG funds to rural communities in an effort to ensure health and safety, and to improve the quality of life of citizens, according to a news release.
The goals of the Wastewater Drinking Water Program are to protect the health and environment, reduce utility rates for low- to moderate-income communities, and improve rural infrastructure to enable long-term economic growth. Eligible WDW projects include many aspects of wastewater improvements and drinking water system improvements.
Local projects receiving Wastewater Drinking Water Program grant funding are:
• Silver Lake has been awarded $500,000 for construction of sanitary sewer improvements. This project will entail the construction of a 6-inch force main, instillation of new pumps, and the construction of four storm sewer lines to alleviate inflow/infiltration problems. This will benefit the residents of Silver Lake by reducing inflow/infiltration of the existing sanitary sewer system thus eliminating systemwide sanitary sewer back-ups.
• South Whitley has been awarded $550,000 for replacement and improvements to the drinking water systems. This project will replace and add lines, hydrants and valves in selected areas and install a new iron filtration system in the water treatment plant. It will benefit residents who reside in town limits of South Whitley by improving the quality and safety of the drinking water.
Funding for the five programs comes from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Community Development Block Grant program and is administered for the state of Indiana by OCRA.
Round 2 of the CDBG program, including the same five programs, will commence with letters of intent due on July 7 and final applications due Sept. 1.
For more information about these programs, contact Aletha Dunston at [email protected].
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