Thursday, December 2, 2004
Ten-million-gallon-a-day pipeline promises to be an economic artery
After years of planning, contracts were signed Wednesday for a $33 million infrastructure project that will serve one of the high-growth areas of the Hudson Valley. The Central Dutchess Water Pipeline will run 13 miles form Poughkeepsie to East Fishkill.
Among the key signatories to the agreement, Dutchess County Executive William Steinhaus, who said this will be a lifeline to growth. ''Including the $2.5 million IBM chipfab that was incented by the ability for us to give that site water in high volume. Secondly, it's going to project our ground water and aquifers in Dutchess County, so this is really an environmental initiative as much as it is an economic development strategy,'' he said.
Water and Wastewater Authority Chairman Thomas LeGrand said on top of that, this is a community initiative. ''It's one of the few projects you'll see that's not only economic development, but community development,'' he said. ''We're giving fire flow plugs along the way, so we're going to increase the access fire departments have along the route, to water, if they have a major structure fire. Every community along the pipeline will benefit from this. My assumption is they will all be hooking on before too long.''
Also signing the agreements were County Legislature Chairman Bradford Kendall, Poughkeepsie Mayor Nancy Cozean, Town of Poughkeepsie Supervisor Joseph Davis and Town of LaGrange Supervisor George Wade III.
Dutchess County , New York State, and IBM, will each pick up about one third of the cost of the pipeline, scheduled for completion in 2006.
Ten-million-gallon-a-day pipeline promises to be an economic artery
After years of planning, contracts were signed Wednesday for a $33 million infrastructure project that will serve one of the high-growth areas of the Hudson Valley. The Central Dutchess Water Pipeline will run 13 miles form Poughkeepsie to East Fishkill.
Among the key signatories to the agreement, Dutchess County Executive William Steinhaus, who said this will be a lifeline to growth. ''Including the $2.5 million IBM chipfab that was incented by the ability for us to give that site water in high volume. Secondly, it's going to project our ground water and aquifers in Dutchess County, so this is really an environmental initiative as much as it is an economic development strategy,'' he said.
Water and Wastewater Authority Chairman Thomas LeGrand said on top of that, this is a community initiative. ''It's one of the few projects you'll see that's not only economic development, but community development,'' he said. ''We're giving fire flow plugs along the way, so we're going to increase the access fire departments have along the route, to water, if they have a major structure fire. Every community along the pipeline will benefit from this. My assumption is they will all be hooking on before too long.''
Also signing the agreements were County Legislature Chairman Bradford Kendall, Poughkeepsie Mayor Nancy Cozean, Town of Poughkeepsie Supervisor Joseph Davis and Town of LaGrange Supervisor George Wade III.
Dutchess County , New York State, and IBM, will each pick up about one third of the cost of the pipeline, scheduled for completion in 2006.
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תוקן על ידי - davka - 06/12/2004 20:31:04