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Federal money pours into Avella sewer project MoJo
The recovery effort is pouring $11.7 million in grant money into a wastewater treatment plant in Avella, moving the project from design to construction.
“Perfect timing. Perfect timing,” said Georgiana Riley, chairman of Independence-Cross Creek Joint Sewer Authority.
The federal stimulus money also is providing the authority with a $3.2 million, low-interest loan that will make tapping into the system quite affordable for the 650 new rate-payers, said Judith B. Spray of Bankson Engineers Inc. in Indianola.
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“This is an unprecedented example of government cooperation,” state Rep. Jesse White, D-Cecil, said at groundbreaking ceremonies Thursday where the plant will be built at Entrance Avenue and Meadowcroft Road.
“They went after the right money at the right time,” White said. “There really is a whole lot here to be proud of this community.”
The authority has yet to set the price homeowners will need to pay to tap into the system or the amount of their monthly bills, Riley said.
The bills should be lower than the $55 a month the 50 customers who already have public sewers in the area pay, she said. The tap-in fee also should be lower than $1,000, Spray said.
“These wastewater projects are important to the people,” said state Sen. J. Barry Stout, D-Bentleyville. “It improves the quality of life for the residents of these townships. There is investment in the future of Washington County.”
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