By McKenna Horsley, The Herald Dispatch
MILTON, W.Va. — Funding for a critical water project is coming to the city of Milton.
After approval from the Infrastructure and Jobs Development Council, Milton is set to receive $970,000 in critical need grant funds to replace about three miles of waterline along Newmans Branch Road. The council met in Charleston and approved the item in a meeting last week.
Councilman Dakota Miller said he and Charlie Conrad, the city’s director of public works, attended the meeting, as well as Del. Daniel Linville, R-Cabell. The replacement will extend along the line from U.S. 60 to the city’s water storage tank on Newmans Branch, the councilman said.
“They all see … it was a critical job that needed to be done for the city of Milton, you know, considering that’s, I would say, 90% of our problems, our biggest problem at this time,” Miller said of the council meeting…