The City of Vine Grove is receiving support for infrastructure improvements by way of funding through the Safe Drinking Water Act.
Vine Grove Mayor Pam Ogden said the funding was requested by Second District Congressman Brett Guthrie.
“It is for $817,491,” Ogden said. “It is to improve and replace old, galvanized water lines that are a constant source of leaks and main breaks in our water system. This is also to replace undersized lines, so I’m pretty excited about it. These are projects that we wouldn’t have had money to probably do for a while.”
The work covered by the funding is part of improvement projects the city has been working on for some time.
“We have water and sewer in the City of Vine Grove,” Ogden said. “We own our own, and this is something we’ve been going through and replacing on our own. It is very expensive, very costly, so we applied for this grant with Brett Guthrie’s office and we’ve communicated several times back and forth. This is a grant that he’s sponsored for us. I’m very appreciative, and it actually got approved.”
Ogden said she is grateful for the work Guthrie, his office, and the staff at Vine Grove City Hall put into getting the funding approved
“It’s going to make a huge difference as far as how many jobs we can tackle, how many jobs we can take care of in the city, and the improvements that we can make with this amount of money is amazing,” Ogden said.
Guthrie said in his funding request: “This project is a good use of taxpayer funding because it works to provide increased access to strong water pressure for fire protection in the Vine Grove community and will help to ensure increased water system reliability for those serviced by the city’s water.”
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