34 Business View Magazine - July 2016
So, we’re making good progress, there. It’s all under
budget and within schedule. The waste water treat-
ment plant that is underway should be completed
by the end of 2016.” Both the water and wastewa-
ter projects were financed through low-interest, state
revolving-fund loans. Fisher added that some water
line replacement has already been ac-
complished and that the city also has
a “high-priority stormwater project that
we’re hoping to finish up this year.”
As economic activity in Belton contin-
ues to accelerate, the Public Works
Department is working hard to keep
pace. “We’ve got a whole lot of eco-
nomic development activity and so
we’re trying to use those opportuni-
ties to do some of the infrastructure
projects that are needed.” The city’s
five-year capital improvement program
includes some high-priority road proj-
ects, including a major interstate highway interchange
project that will be started this fall and completed in
2017, and continual water line replacement. In ad-
dition, Fisher said that Belton was also exploring the
idea of adding a second source of water that will meet
the city’s long-term needs, and thus make it less vul-
