Montgomery County commissioners finalized an agreement Dec. 17 to allocate remaining county American Rescue Act Plan funds toward additional costs for an ongoing project with the city of Shenandoah to provide water and sewer infrastructure for the Tamina community.
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Commissioners unanimously approved using $1.13 million in remaining county ARPA funds to help cover the cost of completing the infrastructure project, which was projected to go over the initial budgeted cost of $21.7 million, according to Bleyl Engineering.
The project, which will provide a water and sewer system for the Tamina community, has been under construction since 2022. The second phase of the project kicked off in November, and Bleyl Engineering officials said Dec. 10 that there would be roughly $1.8 million in additional costs. The court agreed to work with the city of Shenandoah to find a way to cover the cost overruns with the remaining ARPA funds.
