Two water projects bolstered by $120,000 in recently awarded state funding By LARRY SEE JR. Three water projects have been identified, but only two made the cut, by staff of the Meade County Water District to use about $120,000 in recently-acquired state funding. The funding came about last year as part of legislation authored by state Sen. Carroll Gibson and former state Rep. Gerry Lynn. The grant to Meade County totals $1 million, but $500,000 already has been earmarked for water and sewer improvements at the industrial park. After that, the funds could be expended however the Meade County Fiscal Court determined. Water district general manager Joe Bartley said three projects were recommended by staff for funding. The list includes: • A mile of Knotts Road, which would allow the district to finish the remainder of Phase Six improvements, Bartley said. The project has been engineered and would cost about $61,000. • Improvements to Rabbit Run Road, where work recently stopped at Fort Avenue, would cost $69,000. Bartley said the district has had some citizen interest after the project stopped. • About 1.5 miles of KY 144 near Andyville, which would cost about $125,000 and service about 25 customers. In not recommending this project, commissioners indicated there was a chance funds could be forthcoming from another source. “We would like to recommend that we do two projects – Knotts and Rabbit Run roads – and that we can find some money in-house to finish the projects,” Bartley said. “I know all of these people want water,” district commissioner Keith Boothe said. “I know the Rabbit Run people have been in here and the Knotts people have been in here too.” District chairman Doug Cornett said the bulk of funding is grant money for these improvements and both areas have been reviewed by engineers so the proposed costs should be pretty accurate. “Part of Knotts Road was in the original Phase Six project so it (the costs) should be good for a year,” Cornett said. Commissioners, with Commissioner Jon Whitfield absent, unanimously approved the recommendation. Bartley said he would contact the Lincoln Trail Area Development District to start the necessary paperwork.
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