Dateline: June 7, 2001

City making progress on waterworks, transfer station 

Roger Estlack, Clarendon Enterprise

Work on two city projects is proceeding, and one should be finished this month, according to City Superintendent Jim Roberts.

The biggest project is on the west side of town where waterlines are being replaced to help maintain a constant pressure and quality.

The waterworks improvement is being paid for by a $248,034 grant from the Texas Department of Housing and Urban Development. The original plan called for 9,600 feet of waterlines to be replaced. That plan was scaled back at one point as engineers expected increased costs, but Roberts says most of the plan was restored.

Work is being done by Triple L Utilities of Dumas, which has done other jobs for the city, including the new sewer plant a few years ago. Roberts said Triple L could be finished with the project in about three weeks.

The city’s other project – a new solid waste transfer station – has been staked off, and Roberts said Tuesday he hopes to begin moving dirt on it this week.

The station, located in front of the city’s Three Feathers Recycling on W. North Front Street, will consist of five roll-off boxes where citizens can dump trash, tree limbs, or recyclables. When completed, it is expected to be open seven days a week.

This project will be partially funded by a $52,800 grant from the Panhandle Regional Planning Commission.

Roberts said city workers will haul caliche from near the municipal airport to build an earthen ramp that citizens will drive up on to dump stuff into the trash boxes.

According to the terms of the PRPC grant, the transfer station must be completed by August 31, 2001.