$43.2M project aims to open 4,000 acres for housing south of Lafayette
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$43.2M WATER, SEWER PROJECT AIMS TO OPEN 4,000 ACRES FOR HOUSING
Aiming to open thousands of acres for new subdivisions, Lafayette signed off Tuesday on a $43.2 million project that will send miles of sewer and water lines south of the city.
The work, part of a larger plans Lafayette has touted as a utility expansion southeast and southwest of the city, is expected to feed 1,000 acres for residential and commercial lots when contractor Bowen Engineering finishes initial work in 22 months. From there, the city expects the lines to eventually spread as development happens in as much as 4,000 acres.
“We’re finally here,” Lafayette Mayor Tony Roswarski told the city’s board of works Tuesday morning. “This will bode well for our future growth.”
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