Southern Indiana Business Report
INDIANAPOLIS – The town of Birdseye has been awarded $750,000 to complete improvements to its wastewater system by rehabilitating manholes and mains, installing an emergency bypass connection at a lift station and dredging lagoons. This project will address critical compliance and health and safety concerns.
In addition to this federal grant, other funding sources for the project include $350,000 from Dubois County and a $200,000 loan. The town has had a ban on new sewer connections; improving the town’s outdated wastewater system will open the door to future growth.
Indiana Region 15 assisted the town in the application process. Bid packages are expected to be released in December.
The office of Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith and the Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs announced Wednesday that 15 rural communities will receive more than $10.8 million in federal grant funding to expand community facilities, improve water infrastructure and eliminate blight.
OCRA distributes Community Development Block Grant funds to rural communities, which assist units of local government with various community projects such as infrastructure improvement, downtown revitalization, public facilities and economic development.