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Newport accepts $1.7 million in state ARPA funds for wastewater pipe replacements
Summary
The City of Newport voted to accept $1.7 million from the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (ARPA) to fund wastewater pipe replacement projects in city limits, with staff saying any cost overruns will be the responsibility of the project owner and the council authorized acceptance and signature.
Newport officials voted to accept $1.7 million in state American Rescue Plan Act funds to pay for wastewater infrastructure replacement after staff described two problem areas affecting the city’s sewer system.
City Administrator James Finchum told the council that the funds — a noncompetitive allocation from the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation — can be applied to wastewater and related infrastructure and that Newport submitted a project…
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