The county commissioners on Wednesday voted to advertise for bids to construct a new sewer system in the Boyers area of Marion Township, hoping to finish it by the end of next year.

The estimated $4.9-million project is being divided into three construction contracts, with work expected to begin in early spring.

Funded with 2020 Community Development Block Grant funds, a competitive CDBG grant and supplemental CDBG funds from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act of 2020, the project will replace an antiquated sewer system that serves some customers with a new system that will serve 111 residential and business customers.

Bids will be due Dec. 20, and will be opened at the commissioners’ Dec. 21 meeting. Plans call for contracts to be awarded in January so construction can begin in March or April, said Wendy Leslie, county CDBG administrator. She said the project will be completed by the end of December 2023.

The project will be divided into three contracts — installing a total of 20,500 feet of sewer lines, building a treatment plant and installing electrical service, Leslie said. The contract will include draining and rerouting lagoons used in the existing treatment system.

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