Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: FRIDAY, March 29, 1991 TAG: 9103290567
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: B3 EDITION: STATE
SOURCE: PAUL DELLINGER SOUTHWEST BUREAU
DATELINE: RURAL RETREAT LENGTH: Short
It will also benefit people along U.S. 11 east of town whose wells have gone bad in recent years, and who have often had to haul drinking water to their homes.
The Crossroads Water and Sewer Project, when completed along the U.S. 11 corridor where it crosses Interstate 81, will provide sewer service to 113 homes as well as a state Department of Transportation rest area on the interstate.
Mayor R.D. Humphrey Jr. said the 22 new water customers will include "some folks down the highway that had some trouble with their wells." Work is scheduled to get under way in mid-April, and be complete by mid-November.
The project is funded by a $175,600 grant and $413,400 loan from the Farmers Home Administration, a $700,000 grant from the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development, and $375,000 from the Department of Transportation.
Lloyd A. Jones, state FmHA director, joined Humphrey, Del. Thomas M. Jackson Jr., D-Hillsville, and Wythe County Supervisor Andy Kegley at the ground-breaking ceremony.
Jackson said Humphrey and Rural Retreat Town Council had to be willing to commit to the project to be able to land the funding. Kegley said the project will be seen in years to come as a vital part of the town's growth.
by CNB