Local investments mean regional improvements
Sewer District grants, more than $100 million since 2016, continue to improve local sewer infrastructure
The Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District’s Board of Trustees recently awarded 27 Member Community Infrastructure Program (MCIP) grants worth almost $25 million to address issues that affect customers closest to home.
MCIP provides funding to member communities and eligible political subdivisions for sewer infrastructure rehab, replacement and improvement projects that address water quality and quantity issues like failing septic systems, sewer flooding, sanitary sewer overflows and common trench sewers. These challenges contribute to poor water quality throughout our region and adversely impact human health and the environment. Mitigating them through cost-effective local sewer infrastructure projects contributes to regional water quality improvements.
Since the program’s inception in 2016, the Sewer District has awarded $102.3 million towards 134 publicly-owned infrastructure improvement projects, leveraging an additional $104.1 million in member community sewer infrastructure investments.
“Failing septic systems, sewer flooding, sanitary sewer overflows and common trench sewers contribute to poor water quality throughout our region,” said Matt Scharver, Director of Watershed Programs. “This program provides a vital funding mechanism to assist with needed repairs and new sewer infrastructure while protecting and improving the region’s water resources.”
MCIP grants in this funding round total $24,945,396.94, including:
- Beachwood ($1,500,000.00)
Timberlane / Green Sanitary Sewer Relief Sewer Project Phase 2 (construction) - Berea ($729,284.63)
Jacqueline, Meadow and Sprague Rehabilitation Project (design and construction) - Brooklyn ($266,670.00)
Outlook Drive Area Sanitary Sewer Capacity Improvements and IDDE Project (design) - Cleveland ($675,000.00)
Brookfield Avenue Sewer Project (design and construction) - Cleveland ($1,800,000.00)
Emery Avenue Sewer Project (construction) - Cleveland Metroparks ($455,843.63)
Cleveland Metroparks Zoo Pump Station Project (construction) - Cuyahoga County ($2,054,076.68)
Fitch Road Sanitary Sewer Extension Project (construction) - Cuyahoga Heights ($230,240.00)
The Courts Sewer Separation Project (design) - East Cleveland ($322,000.00)
Rozelle Avenue Sewer Replacement Project (design) - East Cleveland ($3,355,538.00)
Target Area Sewer Replacement Project Phase 3, Brightwood (design and construction) - Garfield Heights ($2,608,128.00)
Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard Sewer Separation Project (construction) - Garfield Heights ($1,577,364.00)
Thornhurst Avenue Sewer Separation Project (design and construction) - Lorain County ($366,850.00)
Janell Drive HSTS Abandonment Project (design and construction) - Lyndhurst ($367,590.00)
Edgefield SSO Removal Project Phase I (design) - Maple Heights ($126,435.00)
Greenhurst Drive Sewer Improvements Project (design) - Maple Heights ($624,000.00)
Southwest Sewer District Sewer Repairs Project Phase 3 (construction) - Newburgh Heights ($1,269,328.00)
East 26th Street Sewer Separation Project (construction) - North Randall ($297,075.00)
Derbyshire Drive Capacity Improvements Project (design) - Parma ($1,625,000.00)
North and West Linden Lane Septic Abatement Project Phase I (design and construction) - Parma ($375,000.00)
North and West Linden Lane Septic Abatement Project Phases 2 and 3 (design) - Parma ($525,000.00)
West 54th Street Sewer Improvements Project (design) - Pepper Pike ($2,000,000.00)
Pepper Pike Southwest Quadrant Septic Conversion Project (design and construction) - Richmond Heights ($324,000.00)
Sanitary Sewer Improvements — Richmond Road Project (construction) - Richmond Heights ($415,300.00)
Sanitary Sewer Improvements — Sewer Redirects Project (construction) - Shaker Heights ($238,750.00)
Winslow Road & Avalon Road Area Sewer Study & Design Project (design) - South Euclid ($667,014.00)
Villa-Delroy Infrastructure Improvement Project (design and construction) - Walton Hills ($149,910.00)
Walton Hills Sanitary Sewer Study Phase 2 (design)
The Sewer District anticipates funds will be available annually through a competitive process and upon approval of the Board of Trustees.
Learn more about the MCIP at http://neorsd.org/mcip
