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Fort Mill wins $1.32M infrastructure grant and readies $2.8M match to fix Academy Street utilities ahead of 2028 resurfacing
Summary
The council authorized accounting for a $1,320,000 Rural Infrastructure Authority grant and a $2,800,000 utility‑reserves match to address underground utility work on Academy Street before CDOT resurfacing scheduled for 2028; staff warned the street will get worse before improvements but pledged coordination to limit future digs.
Town staff told council they successfully secured $1,320,000 from the Rural Infrastructure Authority to support underground utility work on Academy Street and proposed matching the grant with $2,800,000 from utility cash reserves to complete the project. Eric Davis said the amendment would set up the accounting structure to track revenues and expenditures for the multi‑year effort and cautioned that "Academy Street will get worse before it gets better" as construction is staged to precede CDOT's resurfacing planned for 2028.
Staff highlighted coordination between town engineering and state schedules to reduce the risk of re‑digging newly paved surfaces and said the town engineer had worked to sequence utility work so the town can move forward even if state paving timing shifts. Council approved the budget amendment to accept the grant and set up project accounting.
