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Nicholas County awarded nearly $2 million for water-line project; broadband funding also announced
Summary
Court members announced a federal award of about $1.97 million toward a proposed $2.725 million water-line project to bring a 12-inch main and hydrants to an industrial park, and discussed a separate broadband announcement involving Spectrum and a state grant-provider match.
The presiding official told the fiscal court that Nicholas County had been awarded a federal infrastructure grant (recorded in the minutes as “ARC Solar's Power Grant”) totaling approximately $1,970,000 for a water-line project intended to serve an industrial park and include fire hydrant hookups.
According to the statement to the court, the county had applied for about $2,725,000 for the project and advanced through an earlier review round. The judge said the award would fund a 12-inch line and roughly 7,000–7,500 feet of new water main from a nearby county line to the industrial park, with hydrant connections for fire suppression. The record also references a $24,000 local contribution figure (3% of a cited $800,000 figure in the record) as part of joint-board match or local share arrangements; court members said they will work out the joint-board and match details.
Court members also discussed a broadband announcement led by Spectrum, noting a round-two award that includes state grant funds plus provider matching. Officials emphasized that broadband and water infrastructure projects take time to implement and will not happen overnight.
The court described the award and the next steps: completing joint-board arrangements, identifying local matching funds, and executing project-level agreements. Several numeric and wording details in the transcript are approximate or inconsistent in the record; reporting here reflects the award amount and the county's described next steps but flags vendor and numeric inconsistencies for confirmation.
