Sewer plant on-track to go out for bid this year
KAYLEE LINDENMUTH / SENTINEL FILE PHOTO - The Shenandoah sewer plant on August 1, 2018.
SHENANDOAH – The new Shenandoah sewer plant is back on track and is expected to go out for bid and break ground this year.
At Wednesday’s Shenandoah Sewer Authority meeting, Chris McCoach, the authority’s engineer from Alfred Benesch and Co., said the project has received the permits it had been waiting on.
He said that a few approvals are still necessary from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which is funding the project, but that it should go out for bid and potentially break ground later in the year.
The $18 Million project to replace their aging plant near William Penn, built in 1974, has been wading through regulatory red tape since funding was awarded in 2018.
At that time, the authority was awarded a $5,474,000 grant. and $12,532,000 loan from the United States Department of Agriculture’s Rural Utilities Service towards the project.
At last month’s meeting, the authority approved a motion to obtain bids for the sewer plant as soon as all permits are authorized.
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