The DeKalb County Commission Monday night voted to make application to the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development for a $500,000 Community Development Block Grant, which if approved would assist the DeKalb Utility District in extending water lines into certain areas of the county not already served.
The DUD would be responsible for paying the grant’s local matching requirement.
County Mayor Mike Foster said roads surveyed and the numbers of homes on them which might benefit from this project include the following:
Lower Dismal (Pumpkin Hollow to the intersection of Oakley Hollow) six houses
Old Givans Hollow- nine houses
Dismal to Alexandria- (Henley Hollow to Tramel Branch) 12 houses
Long Branch Road- 15 houses
A portion of Oakley Hollow- up to 26 houses
Tramel Branch- 13 houses
Officials of the Upper Cumberland Development District, who are preparing all necessary documents for completion of the grant application on behalf of the county, are asking all those who received a survey concerning this project to please fill it out and send it into the county mayor’s office as soon as possible. The grant application is due by the end of February.
County commissioners have asked County Mayor Foster to check and see if some fire hydrants can be included in the project.
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