Missouri plans to combine federal economic stimulus funds with state revolving funds to meet some critical capital improvement needs and put people to work.
Governor Nixon has announced funding for $260 million worth of wastewater and drinking water projects. The state will combine $146 million in federal economic stimulus money with $120 million in state money to pay for about 60 projects.
Nixon says his administration doesn’t have an estimate on how many jobs these projects might create.
“The bottom line is thousands of people will be out working in these projects,” says Nixon who points out that the projects are scheduled for throughout the state; in urban, suburban and rural Missouri.
Nixon says the federal funds are designated for such projects. He sees no reason to delay their construction.
“Rather than waiting around and letting this (money) trickle out, what we wanted to do is put a hard deadline in here, pulse this money out, get people back to work, while at the same time cleaning up our water,” says Nixon.
The projects run the gamut, as does their price tags, as much as $67 million for a project in Columbia and as little as $187,000 for a project in Cole County.
The governor’s office released the following list of projects.
The following entities have been certified for wastewater system improvement project grants in the listed amounts:
· City of Atlanta $1,070,578
· City of Aurora $281,050
· City of Blue Springs $33,789,000
· Boone County Commission $600,000
· Calvary Creek Sewer District $1,364,000
· City of Chillicothe $2,000,000
· City of Clarence $3,383,214
· City of Columbia WWTP $67,000,000
· City of Duquesne $6,698,612
· City of Garden City $906,700
· City of Harrisonville $7,300,000
· City of Houston $4,000,000
· City of Kansas City $23,910,191
· City of Kingston $742,470
· City of Kirbyville $1,482,382
· City of Kirksville $830,000
· City of Lexington $588,800
· City of Liberty $1,946,000
· City of Marceline $236,400
· City of Moberly $1,279,500
· Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District $10,980,739
· City of New Florence $3,000,000
· City of Nixa $378,761
· City of Paris $2,519,200
· City of Parkville $612,048
· City of Pendleton $614,500
· City of Platte City $1,290,000
· Ralls County Public Water District $221,250
· City of Reeds Spring $433,625
· City of Silver Creek $4,885,000
· City of Springfield $16,260,000
· City of Ste. Genevieve $1,314,383
· City of Tipton $3,000,000
· City of Warsaw $1,877,372
· City of West Sullivan $1,133,000
Additionally, the following entities are certified for drinking water system improvement project grants in the following amounts:
· City of Adrian $947,600
· City of Ava $3,500,000
· City of Cameron $2,781,000
· City of Cape Girardeau $2,000,000
· Clarence Cannon Water Commission $4,390,000
· Clinton County Water District $2,200,000
· Cole County Water District $187,000
· City of Drexel $4,368,000
· Harry S Truman Water District $2,344,000
· City of King City $796,700
· City of Linn Creek $1,221,400
· Monroe County Water District $1,278,450
· City of Newburg $324,000
· North Central MO Reg. Commission $3,000,000
· City of Pilot Grove $975,000
· City of Rockaway Beach $1,724,000
· City of Weston $3,667,000
Total $243,332,925
The administration says the remaining funds have been allocated through Intended Use Plans, but the selected projects have not yet received final certifications and are not listed with the projects above.
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