The sanitary sewer project for the Village of Gomer is getting closer to breaking ground.
Thursday, the Allen County Sanitary Engineers office presented 114 of 146 permanent easement agreements needed for the project to the Allen County Commissioners. These easements will allow pump stations to be installed on individual properties.
Allen County Assistant Sanitary Engineer Brad Neimeyer adds, “We had a pre-construction meeting last month with the contractor, a couple of funding agencies and according to that timeline the contracture gave us at that time they hope to begin by the end of this month, maybe the first part of March. Anytime now we should see some activity out there. I’m sure the contractor will begin with the mainline force mains. The pumps will be somewhere in the future. These easements are the necessary parts to allow our contractor to get on the properties to install those pumps.”
The 3.4-million-dollar project is being funded in part by the United States Department of Agriculture, Community Development Block Grant funds, and several other sources. The project has been on the drawing board for more than 5 years.
