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Lawrenceburg conservancy seeks roughly $70M in grants to replace relief wells, asks council for nonbinding support
Summary
The Lawrenceburg Conservancy District and partners outlined a $70 million levee-repair package that would replace relief wells and build a Greendale pump station; the conservancy has passed a resolution committing to a 25% local match and asked the city for support and letters of assistance as grant applications are prepared.
Representatives of the Lawrenceburg Conservancy District (LCD) outlined a multi-part, multi-year proposal Jan. 21 that would replace aging relief wells in the Lawrenceburg levee system, address a sinkhole and freeboard concerns in the Greendale sub-district, and seek federal grant funding to cover the majority of the work.
The scope and ask: LCD and its engineering team described a package that currently totals roughly $70 million: a Lawrenceburg-focused levee and relief-well project the presenters estimated at about $30 million and a Greendale pump-station and related work estimated at about $40 million. LCD said those are engineer estimates for 2025 and include contingency and inflation assumptions. The conservancy reported it has engaged a professional grant team (JMT) and said it has a resolution committing to a 25% local match shared among Lawrenceburg, Greendale, LCD and the county; that match was described as roughly the mid- to…
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