2/24/14 - Itâs no Powerball, but officials in Milford will be paying close attention to a lottery drawing next month in Lansing. Itâs anticipated that needed repairs and upgrades to the village wastewater treatment plant will run between $7 and $9 million dollars, including the addition of an equalization basin, additional sludge storage capacity and an upgraded filtering ability. While the plant, located on General Motors Road, west of Milford Road, was built in the mid-1980âs, the Milford Times reports that some of the tanks and buildings date back to the 1950âs. Last June, the Milford Village Council approved a resolution to adopt the 2013 State Revolving Fund project plan, which identifies and prioritizes projects that need to be scheduled for future construction. The village has five years to remain on the project priority list for those funds, which if granted would provide low interest DEQ loans. Officials also submitted two applications for approximately $1.2 million in grants from the Stormwater, Asset Management, and Wastewater fund, one for asset management and the second for engineering design of the projects. But because of the large number of such requests from across the state, the DEQ will hold a lottery in March to determine the recipients. But Milford officials are hopeful that even if they donât get picked in the first round, they will eventually receive funding for the upgrades. (JK)
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