Grant to fund Ozark sewage system improvements

The city of Ozark will receive a $360,000 Community Development Block Grant to improve its sewage disposal system, according to an announcement from Missouri Speaker of the House Jim Kreider.

Starting later this year, 5,000 feet of four-inch forced main, 8,900 feet of eight-inch collection lines and a pump station will be constructed.

The total project cost is $779,700, with the city of Ozark picking up the balance.

The grant will serve several low- and moderate-income families in the recently annexed areas of the Homestead Trailer Park and an area east of Highway 65 and north of James River Assembly Church.

"No place in the Midwest is growing as fast as southwest Missouri and it is important for us to provide for the continued development of the local infrastructure to keep up," Kreider said.

"Even in these tight budgetary times, it is important for the state to make necessary improvements when the health and safety of our local citizens are at stake. That's what the block grant program is all about."