Puddledock Dam timings and borrowings to be debated at February meeting
Puddledock Dam's water main and pumping station are decades old and need replacing to better serve as Armidale Regional Council's main backup water supply. Funding and development of this infrastructure will debated at February's Ordinary Monthly Meeting.
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Earlier this month, council signed an agreement to formalise 50 per cent funding from Infrastructure NSW through Restart NSW's Safe and Secure Water Program. The upgrade will cost $11.5 million and the government has funded $5.77 million of it.
The recommendation reads:
- a) That Council meets its funding obligation of $5,770,000 under the Deed of Agreement with Infrastructure NSW for the Puddledock Dam Raw Water Transfer System Augmentation through the use of borrowings tied to the Water Fund.
- b) That the borrowing value and timing of borrowings be confirmed as part of the development of the 2020-21 budget.
"The water main from Malpas Dam to the Armidale Water Treatment Plant was constructed in 1970 and is therefore now 50-years old," reads the agenda report.
"It will require major refurbishment and renewal works in future years."
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