Monday, officials from Toccoa, Stephens County, and other agencies gathered at the city commission work session to receive an update from Goodwyn, Mills, and Cawood on the design of a potential sewer expansion project in Stephens County. The firm was tasked in November with designing wastewater system enhancements for areas such as Big A Road and the Toccoa By-Pass, as well as south into other industrial areas of the county. According to Steve Cawood, the $5.5 million design would not complete the project, but would provide the ability for the city to get sewer service to a property along those corridors quickly as needed for potential development. “In economic development channels, economic developers like to have water and sewer access within a 90-day timeframe,” said Cawood. “This (design) does that.Monday, officials from Toccoa, Stephens County, and other agencies gathered at the city commission work session to receive an update from Goodwyn, Mills, and Cawood on the design of a potential sewer expansion project in Stephens County. The firm was tasked in November with designing wastewater system enhancements for areas such as Big A Road and the Toccoa By-Pass, as well as south into other industrial areas of the county. According to Steve Cawood, the $5.5 million design would not complete the project, but would provide the ability for the city to get sewer service to a property along those corridors quickly as needed for potential development. “In economic development channels, economic developers like to have water and sewer access within a 90-day timeframe,” said Cawood. “This (design) does that.
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