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“Staff has worked very diligently over the last five years
to build confidence and trust with the community and
the council,” Fisher said. “We are strong in the area of
wastewater but have real challenges in water, storm
and streets. Replacement of water mains is a new
focus . And there has been additional discussion, re-
cently, about the need to increase the level of funding.
“The arterial streets are at an acceptable level and col-
lectors are generally at an acceptable level, but have
some weaknesses. The biggest challenge is in the
residential class, where we have a significant number
of poor and failed streets. There are just not enough
revenues to keep up with the system and we focused a
lot of effort on maximizing what we have. There are no
dedicated revenue streams to the storm system and
so it is a serious challenge. Overall, I would give us a
D+ to C- in the area of maintenance levels.”
Among Belton’s imminent projects are two major wa-
ter and wastewater endeavors: the water project is
halfway completed and the wastewater project is de-
signed ready to award a bid. The $11 million water
project includes a three-million gallon elevated tank,
a key waterline and wholesale improvements to an ex-
isting pump station. Completion is expected early in
2016. The wastewater treatment plant – a $12 million
project – will undergo significant improvements and
be complete in the spring of 2016.
Both the water and wastewater projects were financed
through low-interest, state revolving-fund loans.
Belton finished up a $6 million arterial road project in
City of Belton MO Waterline Replacement
