City to seek half-million grant for relining project

Allison City Council decided to tap the brakes one more time on its about-$2 million sewer relining project, putting bidding on hold for perhaps six more months, in order to seek a halfmillion dollar grant.
Brian Schoon of Iowa Northland Regional Council of Governments made the case Monday, Oct. 10, for the city of Allison applying for a grant for phase one of its sewer project only, which is the relining and manhole portion. Iowa Economic Development is now giving scoring criteria for its Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), so the process is becoming more objective than in the past, Schoon said.
The proposed phase one of the sewer project includes cleaning, televising and cured-in-place-pipe lining of existing sanitary sewer pipes throughout the wastewater collection system; repair and relining of existing manholes; and constructing several manholes at new locations in order to access existing sanitary sewer pipes.
Read the full article in the October 13 edition of the T-J.