From today’s Joplin Globe:
JANE, Mo.- — After a year and a half of work, the community of Jane will see the first $4.83 million of approximately $9 million designated for area sewer work later this month.
A combination of grants and loans, applied for by the board for Public Rural Water System District No. 1, from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and a federal Community Development grant will finance the construction of a sewer system for the McDonald County village and the surrounding partially sewered Highway 71 corridor. The town will accept its first check Tuesday.
Rapid area growth in the past 10 years, including the construction of a Wal-Mart Supercenter, Wal-Mart’s data center and other proposed growth, prompted Jane city officials to seek federal funds to help with the establishment of a city infrastructure.
“We’ve only been incorporated for five years, but our area is growing so fast and we are in dire need of a sewer system,” said Jonell Lawyer, who is chairing the PWDSD No. 1 board. “We have to be able to service our city.”
Construction will include wastewater collection lines, lift stations and a transfer main to transport wastewater to a treatment plant.
The approximately 400 residents of Jane now rely on aging septic systems. Jane’s $4.83 million will be split into a $2,250,000 loan and a $2,580,000 grant. Funding will come through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
Water lines
The addition of a sewer system isn’t the only upgrade in Jane’s future. Jonell Lawyer, chairwoman of the board for Public Rural Water System District No. 1, said her board is preparing to apply for grants to replace the city’s 30-year-old water lines.
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