By Mark Cowling/PinalCentral
There are four key areas in which town staff will challenge themselves in the coming year.
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“The first area has to do with capital improvements and investments in our infrastructure,” Town Manager Brent Billingsley said in a year-end interview.
“We will redo two of our major (water) production wells, numbers 4 and 5, in the forthcoming year. I’m really excited to kick off the two Community Development Block Grant phases of what we call our 12-inch water loop. … a loop around the whole east side of downtown to improve fire flows not only at the schools, but to the individual businesses and to facilitate future economic development.
“Our water meter replacement project for Smart Cities is going to occur in this next year. That’s going to be a lot of fun. It’s out on the street (for bids) right now and we’re really looking forward to going through that procurement process in the new year.
