CLEVELAND, Ga. – The green light to begin construction of updates to the City of Cleveland’s wastewater treatment plant was given by the Cleveland City Council Monday night. This much-needed project has been in the works since 2018, with COVID and other factors delaying the project.
During that time, the construction cost has steadily increased, but the city was blessed to get grant funding to help with the extra cost.
The city council voted to award the contract to M.B. Kahn Waterworks, LLC, which provided the lowest bid from three companies that submitted bids, of $27,981,100.
The project calls for construction and upgrades to both the treatment method and the capacity of the existing facility. The city will be utilizing $18.9 million in grants and a $12.6 million Georgia Environmental Finance Authority loan to complete the work.
Cleveland Mayor Josh Turner thanked our federal and state legislative leaders who helped obtain funding for the project, “It was a lot of work and a lot of lifting by a lot of people and I thank all of our staff and all of those previously mentioned so it was a team effort by all the team Cleveland and I can’t wait to get this project completed,” commented Turner.
The Director of Economic Development and Planning for the City of Cleveland, Tom O’Bryant, said they will be working with the contractor to fine-tune the project, which is expected to take around 18 months to complete.
