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Millions In Projects, Mostly Grant Funded, Underway In Century
January 8, 2026
Million of dollars of projects are underway in Century.
The town’s consulting engineer, Dale Long, recently present an update to the town council on the projects, including funding status. Major projects include
- wastewater improvements including wastewater treatment plant — $8.86 million (90% grant, 10% loan)
- water meter and service replacements — $1.3 million (100% grant)
- Freedom Road Bridge replacement — $1.3 million (100% grant)
- wastewater lift station rehabilitation — $3.36 million (90% grant, 10% loan)
- wastewater treatment plant improvements — $5.36 million (90% grant, 10% loan)
- water well replacement == $1.85 million
For a complete status report (pdf format), click here.
Pictured: Work on the Century lift station on West Highway 4 recently. NorthEscambai.com photos, click to enlarge.
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3 Responses to “Millions In Projects, Mostly Grant Funded, Underway In Century”
Did local contractors get a chance to quote the work or only the out of town contractors that come in and charge all the out of town expenses?
Please PAVE our ROADS! We pay a lot of taxes and cannot get our road paved!!!
I have 15 years of experience with ECUA during their most prolific lift station rehabilitation projects. In my opinion, the standards that ECUA set for lift stations is very cost effective for long term reliability and maintenance.
In these pictures, I see some mistakes in the construction of this lift station that ECUA “engineered out”.
Two major things I see are that the control panel and generator appear too close to the wet well. Over time, sewer gasses will corrode anything and everything that is not stainless steel or aluminum, including the components inside the panel.
Any local contractor bidding on a lift station job for ECUA is provided a copy of the plans. They’re easy to obtain and were dang near the industry standard in our region during my time there. I knew of other municipalities in NW Florida who sought to also conform to ECUA’s standards.