Putnam Uses Stimulus Funds to Upgrade Sewage and Storm Drainage

The Winfield Municipal Building Commission will receive a $2 million loan through the U.S. Department of Agriculture for storm water drainage and road repairs to the area’s four largest subdivisions. Mayor Ron Stone said that the drainage projects have been planned for about four years but have lacked funding to complete.

 The Putnam Public Service District will receive $400,000 for the design phase of a wastewater project to extend sewer service to about 430 residents along WV Route 34, U.S. 60 and Kilgore and Rocky Step Road. The wastewater project will also upgrade the existing sewer system in the Marina Park area. The PSD expects the total cost to be about $8 million for the sewer projects.