Three water projects receive funding
STIMULUS MONEY: Rutland, Sackets, Brasher Falls to get assistance upgrading water, wastewater systems
By JOANNA RICHARDS
TIMES STAFF WRITER
FRIDAY, JUNE 5, 2009
Three north country communities will receive funding for clean water
projects under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Gov. David
A. Paterson's office announced Thursday.
The town of Rutland and village of Sackets Harbor in Jefferson County
and the town of Brasher in St. Lawrence County are among the
municipalities selected to receive federal economic stimulus funding
for water and wastewater infrastructure improvement projects through
the state Environmental Facilities Corp., according to the governor's
office.
A total of 22 communities throughout the state will be awarded $130 million in this round of funding.
Sackets Harbor will receive $8 million to replace its aging sewage treatment plant and sections of its sewage collection system.
Rutland will receive $2.2 million to build collector sewers to connect
the hamlet of Felts Mills to the city of Watertown's treatment plant.
Brasher will receive $1.4 million to build a sewage collection and treatment facility for the hamlet of Helena.
"I'm very happy that those communities will be receiving stimulus
money," said state Assemblywoman Addie J. Russell, D-Theresa. "Many of
our communities are unable to proceed with development because they
lack the necessary infrastructure to support expansion. These are
critically important to let our communities grow and prosper."
Sackets Harbor Mayor F. Eric Constance echoed that sentiment in
reaction to the news. The village is operating its sewage treatment
plant under a state Department of Health consent order.
"There's too much spillage and groundwater leaking into the system," he said
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