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Winnsboro connector wastewater line cleared for construction with state support, mayor says
Summary
Winnsboro mayor announced state approval and signatures on construction contracts for the Winnsboro connector wastewater line, a project the mayor said is largely funded by a state rural infrastructure authority and intended to expand wastewater capacity to attract industry.
Mayor John McMeekin told the Fairfield County Council on Feb. 20 that the South Carolina Rural Infrastructure Authority approved construction of the Winnsboro connector line and that a pre-construction hearing in Winnsboro occurred Jan. 28. McMeekin said he and contractors and engineers signed construction contracts and that the pipeline will run from the industrial park along Peach Road and Highway 321 to the Winnsboro Wastewater Treatment Plant.
McMeekin said the treatment plant has about 500,000 gallons of extra capacity and that the connector line — funded largely by about $10,000,000 received from the South Carolina Rural Infrastructure Authority, he said — is a major step toward building a wastewater treatment plant for Fairfield County. He said the project will help attract industry to the county and that an intergovernmental agreement is in negotiation among local governmental entities to establish a special-purpose district for an eventual county wastewater treatment plant.
McMeekin identified ongoing negotiations with state and federal agencies needed to complete plans and obtain permission to build a treatment plant that would serve Fairfield County, the town of Winnsboro and surrounding communities. He said the work required “hard diplomatic and political work” and thanked state leaders and members of the Fairfield County Joint Water Sewer and Service Commission for their support.
Ending: Council members said the mayor might be asked to return to a later meeting to answer specific technical or planning questions; no county vote or appropriation was taken at the Feb. 20 meeting.
