The Ashland City Council will begin accepting bids for a brand-new sewage treatment plant in the city. Ashland’s population has nearly doubled over the last 10 years. Even within the last two years, Ashland has seen the construction of 200 new homes.
Voters initially approved the plant in August 2014 after the Missouri Department of Natural Resources tagged the current plant as unsafe.
Ashland Mayor Gene Rhorer says the city is already looking towards the future with a new sewage plant.
“The city will have more than enough capacity with that first phase. As the town grows, we’re capable of adding three more phases. So it’s being built with the future in mind,” said Rohrer.
When all four phases are complete, the new plant will be able to handle a population of 32,000 people.
The council will meet to discuss the incoming bids in January. The first phase of the new plant is expected to be completed next year.