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Congressman Bill Owens visits Inlet construction location; CAP-21 USDA secures grant funds to rebuild historic dock

Hamilton County Congress-man Bill Owens of the 23rd Congressional District visited Inlet on Wednesday, August 31, to kick off a $83,500 USDA Rural Business Enterprise Grant awarded to the Town of Inlet to reconstruct a 12-foot dock at Woods Inn that was located there one hundred years ago.

An old photo of the original dock, which was once a steamboat landing, was used in the design to reconstruct the new dock, according to Nick Rose, Executive Director of CAP-21.

CAP-21 applied for the grant for Inlet, and Heroux Construction of Old Forge is handling the construction.

Congressman Owens looked down on the site of the partially constructed dock from the grounds of Woods Inn, as Town of Inlet Supervisor, John Frey, and other town officials talked with him about the project.

Rose was also among the group that met that afternoon to discuss other Town of Inlet projects with the Congressman. Continue reading →

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Inlet Sewer Project: Higher than expected bids drive up costs; Rep. Owens pledges to help in finding more funds

Town Board meets with congressman Wednesday to discuss options

Inlet Town Supervisor John Frey, along with Councilmen Herb Schmid and Bill Faro, met with Congressman Bill Owens (D-23rd District) on Wednesday, August 31 to discuss the possibility of receiving additional funding for the wastewater treatment plant project in Inlet.

According to Supervisor Frey, the three qualified bids that came in for the project were, on average, a million dollars over what the project engineers had originally projected them to be.

Frey cited the remote location of the project and a rise in construction costs and fuel prices as contributing to the funding gap.

The new water treatment plant is planned to be located within the Inlet Sewer District, which according to Frey was formed with a regulation that stated that all projects had to be grant-funded by at least 75 percent.

Frey said the Town of Inlet was able to secure a grant of $2.4 million for the project from the NYSDEC EFC (Environmental Facility Corporation) and the USDA Rural Development office, but that with a now estimated price tag of $3.6 million, the town will need to find additional funding. Continue reading →

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