Albion town will install short waterline on part of Moore Street, Butts Road

Photos by Tom Rivers

ALBION – This photo shows Butts Road near the Moore Street intersection in Albion.

The Albion Town Board last week agreed to use up to $60,000 of the town’s American Rescue Plans Act funds to install about 800 feet of waterline, with the pipe going on Moore Street from near the village line going east to Butts Road, and then a small section of Butts Road.

The project would go by seven parcels of land, which includes four houses with residents. The new waterline increases the chances for the vacant land to developed in the future, said Town Councilman Terry Wilbert.

The town will tie into the new waterline near the former Braley Street, now Riley Place on Moore Street. Highway Superintendent Mike Neidert said the town highway crew can install the line without a private contractor. He expects the project will be complete next spring or summer.

Neidert said the project will also include valves, hydrants, a meter pit and service connections.

The use of the federal ARPA funds is enough to cover the entire project so there won’t be any annual debt service charges like there are with a typical water district.

Albion has used some of its ARPA funds to put a new roof on the town hall, and have a new fence put on the baseball field behind the town hall, the Albion Midget League Field.

After the waterline project, Neidert and the Town Board said about $15,000 is left in ARPA which could be used to upgrade and repair the concessions building at the baseball field, and also do some work on the dugouts and bleachers at the field.