“We just want to let people know that the facility is open and you can start coming in, and those programs all kick back in — mainly your food assistance, your rent, utilities, those things like that, which are greatly needed in the community — those are back out and open, and we’re ready to help out with that,” said Operations Manager Paul Downing.
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December 2, 2024, Press Release from the City of Lima: The City’s contractor, All Terra Construction, will be closing the 800 Block of N. McDonel Street to repair the existing sanitary sewer. The closure will begin on December 2nd and last approximately three weeks. The road will be closed to through traffic, but access will remain for residents within the construction zone.
Residents had the chance on Tuesday night to give their feedback to the City of Lima ahead of a reconstruction project. The feedback is in relation to the Catalpa and Holmes Reconstruction Project within the Jefferson Manor Subdivision. The nearly $2 million project would reconstruct existing roadway on Catalpa Avenue between Sugar Street and Simons Avenue and on Holmes Avenue between Sugar Street and Catalpa Avenue. The project would also construct new curbs and gutters, storm sewers, water lines, sidewalks, and signage with a goal to improve infrastructure and drainage.
The Delphos City Council met Monday Evening to discuss where the money in the 2023 budget will go.
The Lima Rotary Club got an update on the project at their meeting on Monday, the stormwater sewers and the water lines have been run to the project. The foundation has been laid for the amphitheater and for the restroom and the cinder blocks have started to go down for both. The project got a big boost last month as it got $800 thousand dollars from the state as part of the capital budget. That means the main part of the project is fully funded and ready to benefit the community.
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. 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.
Commissioners secured the final piece of funding for the Gomer Sewer Improvement project with a 1.2-million-dollar loan from the United States Department of Agriculture. That, along with another 2.7 million dollars of federal, state, and local dollars will fund the project at a cost of just under 4-million dollars. The project is being done due to a non-compliance complaint from the EPA concerning water quality nearly 8 years ago. Now that all the funding is in place construction can begin and it will cost property owners less than what was first expected.
The second phase of a renovation of Lima sewer pipes is nearly complete. The project involves re-lining pipes around the area of Grand, Delphos, and Woodward Avenues.
Putnam County commissioners and the Village of Ottawa are working on switching over control of a couple utilities.
