Miami County OKs $1.8M water line project

Some residents said the work is not needed.

The Miami County commissioners Thursday approved a contract with Milcon Construction of Troy to extend water lines to areas around Phoneton for $1.8 million.

Several property owners opposed the water line extension, saying it wasn’t needed and would be too expensive.

The commissioners voted this summer to move forward with the long talked about project after reviewing results of well testing. That testing, done by the county health district, showed that of 43 wells tested, 28 were found to be OK.

The commissioners made no comments before voting to award the contract.

The estimated maximum assessment per property was $8,000.

The project bill will paid using dollars from a $600,000 Ohio Public Works Commission grant, dollars from the Bethel Township tax levy and the assessments.

Work on the project should begin yet this year, said Paul Huelskamp, county sanitary engineer.

“It will be full-speed ahead,” he said Thursday.

Huelskamp said it is too early to tell the impact of the bid that is less than the $2.5 million estimate on the amount of the final assessments.

In addition to the assessment, the property owner would be responsible for a tap-in fee and installing the service line to the house.

The project area location is:

- 6163 E. U.S. Route 40 west to 2988 E. U.S. Route 40

- 8745 S. State Route 202 south to 9800 S. State Route 202

- 9275 S. Wildcat Road south to 9605 S. Wildcat Road

- Shroyer Drive and Dinsmore Drive

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