NC directs $164M toward infrastructure projects

North Carolina is awarding $164 million for water and sewer projects around the state. 

Governor Roy Cooper announced on Tuesday that the infrastructure loans and grants are meant as investments to promote equitable access to clean water and strengthen climate initiatives.

Seventy-six projects around the state will receive funding, and several Triad communities will benefit.

About $9 million has been set aside for a Davie County water supply improvement initiative. This will allow for an expansion of the Cooleemee Water Treatment Plant, which will in time be connected with Mocksville. That city's plant will be decommissioned.

Pilot Mountain will receive almost $3 million to replace its aging wastewater collection system.

And in Wilkesboro, a combination of funding and loan forgiveness will allow for a wastewater treatment facility expansion.

The State Water Infrastructure Authority approved all of the funding at a meeting in February.