Van Buren Commission To Consider Water Committee’s Spending Plan
Van Buren County’s Water Committee has approved a TDEC ARP spending plan for the county commission to consider. Mayor Greg Wilson said Spencer Utility District’s raw water source project headlines the proposal. “The City of Spencer was awarded about $2,110,000 for raw water to be pumped straight from Caney Fork to the water plant,” Wilson […]
Robinson To Ask White Commission For Funds To Move Forward With TDEC ARP Grants
White County Executive Denny Wayne Robinson said he will ask the county commission Monday to appropriate the needed match for TDEC’s ARP money. The county has about $5 million to allocate among utility districts. Robinson said the ask will be about $620,000 to $650,000. “I’ll be asking the county commission coming up Monday night to […]
Warren Pushing For Industrial Growth Through TDEC ARP Upgrades
Warren County plans to use some of its TDEC ARP money to prepare for industrial growth in the southwest portion of the county. County Executive Jimmy Haley said the county’s Industrial Development Board has a property it wants to develop. “IDB has purchased 200 acres right on the Coffee County/Warren County line that we’re working […]
Clay Starts Work To Rank Projects Expanding Public Water
Three Clay County Utility Districts are working on project scorecards to gain some of the county’s ARP TDEC money. They include the Celina Utility District, North Overton Utility District and Northwest Clay Utility District. County Executive Dale Reagan said the county has about $3 million to allocate. “My first and main priority is that if we […]
Livingston Applies For State Funding For Multiple Water Projects
Livingston pursuing $4.3 million of state funding to address three projects in the city’s water system. Mayor Curtis Hayes said the largest undertaking would be transitioning the water system to automatic reading meters. “We would be using some of our TDEC eligibility ARPA funds to help along with this funding if we were to get it,” […]
Cookeville To Seek White/Jackson Assistance For Water Plant Upgrade
Cookeville plans to approach White County and Jackson County about helping financially with the city’s planned water plant expansion. Cookeville about $8 million short in paying the increased costs of the expansion which will increased capacity by 50 percent. White County Executive Denny Wayne Robinson said he has not received a formal proposal. Robinson said […]
Byrdstown Considering State ARP Funding For State Mandated Water Project
Byrdstown wants to upgrade its water plant through TDEC’s ARP money coming down to Pickett County. Mayor Sam Gibson said the primary project for the town is improvements to settling basins. “We’ve got three of them there at the water plant and two of them have sink holes and have leaked out,” Gibson said. “We’re […]
Martin Creek Water Project Moves Forward With Jackson Commission Approval
The Martin Creek waterline project now enters the engineering phase after the Jackson County Commission approved the joint project Monday. Putnam County Mayor Randy Porter said the two groups will work together to submit the project to TDEC come April. “This amount of money has been given to each county, and they just want to […]
Livingston Focusing On Paving And Water Meters With ARP Money
Paving and water meter upgrades highlight Livingston’s ARP spending plan. Mayor Curtis Hayes said he wants to spend $1.2 million on city streets. Then use TDEC’s allocation of $968,000 for a automatic meter reader system. “Those would be addressing leaks to our system that we are currently under the review board with the state of […]
Multiple Entities Working On New Cummins Falls Handicap Accessible Overlook
Cummins Falls State Park has a new project in the works that would provide safe and easy access to overlook the falls. Project Manager Dawn Kupferer said the proposed project would create two handicap parking spaces connected to a paved walkway from the main entrance to a new viewing deck. “Not everybody can go down […]
