Monday, August 16, 1999
Water project adds new areas
Campbell Co. grant relies on people's interest
BY TERRY FLYNN
The Cincinnati Enquirer
ALEXANDRIA — The elimination of some neighborhoods from a Campbell County waterline project could be good news for other neighborhoods that have been added to the project, if the residents choose to sign up for the water service.
But if those residents, some of whom live in a mobile home park near Silver Grove on Four Mile Road, don't want the water, the county could lose a large portion of a $1 million state grant.
Campbell County Fiscal Court and the Northern Kentucky Water Service District dropped parts of Pleasant Ridge, Lees Road and Harrisburg Hill Road from the project because of a lack of interest.
“There were 68 homes on those roads that were listed in the project, but only 19 families signed up,” said Campbell County Judge-executive Steve Pendery. “Each customer needs to pay a $30 monthly surcharge for the new water line.”
As the water district and Fiscal Court sought a way to retain all of the $1 million grant, they amended the project to drop the homes on the three roads and instead pick up homes on Four Mile Road near Silver Grove and parts of California Crossroad below Persimmon Grove.
“We were shooting for an 80 percent sign-up on the three roads we dropped,” said Don Gibson, water district supervisor of engineering. “We already have a majority of sign-ups on the other portion of the project along Persimmon Grove, Winters Lane and part of Ky. 8.”
The total water project, which is designed to bring water to more than 200 primarily low- and moderate-income families who now rely on wells and cisterns, is estimated to cost $2.4 million.
“The state grant is designed to pick up about half of the total cost,” Mr. Pendery explained. “The remainder comes from the county and the surcharge.”
He pointed out that the county and the water district have petitioned the Kentucky Department for Local Government to approve the amendment to the project and not withhold any grant money.
“If they don't like the amended portions and choose not to approve it, we could lose grant money because we wouldn't have the proper number of low- and moderate-income families involved in the project,” Mr. Pendery said.
He emphasized, however, that the new configuration actually includes more low- and moderate-income families than the original group of neighborhoods.
Mr. Gibson said the water district and the county had not received any confirmation from the state as of Friday.
“We hope to know soon,” he said. “We want to start the sign-up procedure for homes in the new areas within the next two weeks.”
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