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Economic development authority asks for $25 million to extend sewer to South Augusta mega site; projects estimate 1,800 jobs
Summary
The Development Authority presented a $25 million SPLOST request to fund sewer infrastructure to unlock the McCombs Road mega site, citing a potential $579 million annual economic impact and an estimate of up to 1,800 jobs for a baseline billion-dollar development.
The Development Authority of Augusta presented a request for roughly $25,000,000 in SPLOST 9 funds to construct sewer infrastructure from the Little Spirit Creek basin to North McCombs Road, enabling development of the McCombs Road mega site in South Augusta.
The project is aimed at making one of the two remaining industrial mega sites in Georgia shovel-ready by building a pump station, a 24-inch trunk main and associated gravity and force main sewers. Developers and economic staff argue sewer access is a primary barrier to new industrial and residential investment in the corridor.
The authority’s presentation, led by its…
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