Crouch Announces $1.2Million Awarded To Three Local Rural Communities

INDIANA  On Thursday Lt. Gov. Suzanne Crouch along with the Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs announced that more than $11 million in federal grant funding is being awarded to 21 rural Hoosier communities.

Applications for round three of the federal Community Development Block Grant Program were due to OCRA on February 9, 2018. The state of Indiana distributes CDBG funds to rural communities to assist units of local government with various community projects like: improving infrastructure, downtown revitalization, public facilities improvements and economic development.

In our area there were three programs that were awarded funding including:

 

The Town of Linton was awarded $600,000 for stormwater system improvements. This project will include new inlets and manholes, new sewers and rehabilitation of existing sewers; ditch rehabilitation and grading, site restoration, driveway and pavement replacement at intersections and utility relocation in select areas.

The Town of Dugger was is awarded $550,000 for drinking water infrastructure improvements. This project will install new PVC water mains to replace the existing transit piping, which reduces the costs associated with repairing existing breaks and leaks. The town will also be installing new service connections and water meters for each consumer within the area affected by the new pipe installations.

The Town of Marshall is awarded $120,000 for drinking water system improvements. This project will install an additional nine water valves and six new fire hydrants throughout the town.

 

Funding for OCRA’s five CDBG programs originates from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Community Development Block Grant program. The Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs administers the program for the state of Indiana.