Village looking to replace sewer lines in future
Participating in $600,000 matching grant for preliminary engineering
Tom Sedlacek, the village's public works director, said the $150,000 in village funding is part of a $450,000 matching grant the Army Corps of Engineers is contributing to the project through the Water Resources Development Act.
Village board members approved an intergovernmental agreement between Madison County, Glen Carbon, and Maryville at the Tuesday night board meeting to move forward on a sanitary sewer system improvement project.Sedlacek said the current sewer system is working fine, but said it was a good idea to plan for the future, "while the funding is available."
"We are nearing capacity and our system is about 30 years old," Sedlacek said of the current sewer system.
The $150,000 would pay for preliminary engineering costs associated with the project, Sedlacek said, and could take 22 months to complete.
Sedlacek said the former county planner and village board member Joe Parente was instrumental in initiating the project five years ago.
At that time, the proposed sewer line would have brought sewer service to some unincorporated areas of Madison County.
"The original focus of this was to attract federal funding to help 'sewer unsewered areas' throughout Madison County," Sedlacek said.
According to Maryville Mayor Larry Gulledge, the original effort included Collinsville Township and Troy.
But those municipalities have since dropped out of the plan, Gulledge said.
Now the effort by the village is to fund a new sewer system that could serve areas of Maryville, along the northern boundaries of Illinois Route 162.
"Maryville wants to be on board as a supporting contributor," Sedlacek said.
The Maryville Village Board passed a similar intergovernmental agreement at its July 2 meeting that will keep Maryville involved in plans, although Maryville has committed no funds to the project.
The entire project has a price tag of $15.8 million.
