Article submitted by Jamie Fleury, The Pilot News Staff Writer
PLYMOUTH — Utilities Superintendent Donnie Davidson updated the Plymouth Board of Public Works and Safety (PBPWS) on the Solar Project at the Wastewater Treatment Facility; 90% of the framework and panels have been installed. The underground conduits should be complete prior to the end of this week successfully beating frozen ground. According to Davidson the team will start stringing wires next week. “The potential start up for the project at this point appears to be late or mid-to-late January. We are trying to coordinate that with NIPSCO and also the other two school projects that are going on.”
According to Davidson, Solar Energy Systems has provided Change Order No. One which is in the amount of $36,000 for a fence to encompass the entire solar site. The board approved the request.
$400,000.00 was approved in Resolution No. 2022-1028 A Resolution of the Common Council of the City of Plymouth to Adopt a Plan for Expenditure of American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 Funds in support for design and construction of a solar field installation, of up to
2,880 panels, at the Plymouth Wastewater Treatment Plant located at 900 Oakhill
Avenue, Plymouth, IN 46563.
Other funding for the project will come from the Plymouth Redevelopment Commission and from the Utilities Budget.
