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Officials outline water, sewer and road costs for Richardson Road industrial park
Summary
County consultants said the Richardson Road site is largely site‑ready and presented a range of water and sewer options with preliminary cost estimates ranging from hundreds of thousands to millions depending on the approach.
Speaker 8 (presenter) described the Richardson Road Industrial Park site readiness work—topographic surveys, wetland delineation, geotechnical review and preliminary infrastructure planning—and said the site is well suited for industrial or commercial development.
"Total cost on that, is around $10,000,000 for the road infrastructure work," Speaker 8 said while summarizing the primary access and internal roadwork estimate. He then laid out water options: installing internal 12‑inch distribution lines with the roads (presented as the primary capital cost), an on‑site ground tank with fire pump and wells (~$2,400,000) and an elevated tank plus wells (~$4,600,000). Speaker 8 also described the option to extend a supply line along Highway 360 to the park with larger line‑extension costs.
On sewer, Speaker 8 presented tradeoffs: internal gravity sewer during the road build (~$1,300,000) plus a pump station and force main back to the village (estimated ≈ $5,100,000). He cautioned that combined force mains and multiple small pump stations can be hard to operate and maintain and that state rules and wet‑weather inflow influence the economics.
Board members asked whether the county should prioritize study to the east (growth corridor) or west (industrial park). The presenter recommended a phased approach that studies both directions in phase‑1 and then focuses phase‑2 work where the siting results look most favorable.
