Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: THURSDAY, December 8, 1994 TAG: 9412080027
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV-1 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
SOURCE: BRIAN KELLEY STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: CHRISTIANSBURG LENGTH: Medium
But the engineering study doesn't mean negotiations with Christiansburg - which could easily provide sewer service from its underutilized treatment plant - are off, according to Ira Long, Public Service Authority chairman and a Board of Supervisors member.
Montgomery and Christiansburg officials will meet again today to continue talks that have been going on for four months. The issue for both sides is the potential revenue that could come from providing sewer service to the area.
The county PSA voted this week to spend up to $7,500 to look at four ways to provide service, ranging from building a new sewage treatment plant nearby to building a miles-long sewer line to the PSA's Shawsville plant. The study should be done by next month and will include cost estimates.
"We just feel like it's necessary to know these things," Long said.
The county plans to build an industrial park at Falling Branch beginning as soon as next year. In addition, transportation officials this week unveiled plans for a major new Interstate 81 interchange beside Falling Branch Elementary School that could spur growth.
The options include building a sewage treatment plant that would discharge treated water into one of three areas: Falling Branch; near the confluence of Falling Branch and Elliott Creek; or near the confluence of Elliott Creek and the South Fork of the Roanoke River. The fourth option is building a line to the Shawsville plant on U.S. 11/460.
The study will estimate revenue, project population for the area and anticipate possible discharge limits that would be imposed by the state. Anderson and Associates Inc. will conduct the study, which will be considered an amendment to the county's 1993 water and sewer study.
by CNB