The city of Jackson is getting a new wastewater treatment plant. $13 million has been awarded to build the new facility. The current one was heavily damaged in the flood of 2022. Governor Beshear said the new plant will be built outside of the flood plain to protect and future incidents.
“The existing plant suffered major damage in the floods, so this will not only help in the operations of the system, but make sure if there is future flooding that the infrastructure is safe and able to operate and reduce risk. We're going to them to build a new plant, protecting the city and surrounding waterways.”
During a press conference with Governor Beshear last week, Jackson Mayor Laura Thomas submitted a video explaining how this new plant is long overdue.
“We've been putting band-aids on problems for years and this project will allow us to get a new, modern facility that is away from the flood plain, that is out of our commercial district, and that can serve new customers and new commercial customers.”
This money comes from community develop block grant disaster relief funds. This is part of a pot of money totaling around $300 million dollars for flood recovery in eastern Kentucky.
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