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Megasite authority says state infrastructure for Blue Oval City is largely complete; Ford invoices now being issued
Summary
Officials with the Megasite Authority told the Senate finance committee that utilities and treatment plants for Blue Oval City have been built and that the authority has begun invoicing Ford for water and sewer service after a rate study; officials said they have no direct information about Ford’s corporate construction timing
Representatives of the West Tennessee Megasite Authority told the Senate Finance Ways and Means Committee on March 18 that the state has delivered the infrastructure it committed to for Blue Oval City and that the authority has begun invoicing Ford for utility use based on a recent rate study.
Clay Bright, speaking for the Megasite Authority, said the Tennessee College of Applied Technology (TCAT) at the site opened June 14, 2024; TDOT’s phase 1 roadway work was expected to finish in late 2025; and the water treatment plant, wastewater treatment plant, pipeline to the Mississippi River and pump station were completed and started furnishing water in November 2023 and…
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