In 2017, the City was awarded $19,500,000 in USDA Rural Development grants and loans to design and construct improvements to the wastewater collection and treatment system. Phase 1, which included improvements to the City’s wastewater treatment plant, was constructed between 2020 and 2022. Phase 2, which included the replacement of the City’s highest volume gravity sewer main, was constructed in 2020. Now, the project has reached Phase 3, which is the improvement of over 11,000 feet of sewer main throughout the City.
The project area extends throughout the residential area and downtown commercial core. The following streets are a summary of the project area. For more information, please see the figure linked below:
Residential Areas:
- Alpensee Strasse
- Birch Street: Ski Hill Drive to Cascade Street
- Cedar Street: Cone Street to Fir Street
- Central Avenue: Birch Street to Cedar Street
- Clinton Street
- Commercial Street: First Street to Third Street, Division Street to 14th Street
- Mill Street: US Highway 2 to West Whitman Street, Benton Street to Prospect Street
- Prospect Street: Mill Street to West Whitman Street
- Scholze Street
- Ski Hill Drive: Birch Street to Pine Street
- Whitman Street: Ski Hill Drive to Woodward Street
Commercial Areas:
- Commercial Street: 10th Street to Division Street
- Edelweiss Weg (Downtown Alley between Front Street and Commercial Street)
- Evans Street: Sherbourne Street to US Highway 2
- Front Street: Division Street Intersection
The following exhibits show the proposed improvements for the project area:
