City rolls dice on water project

With the clock ticking on the deadline to spend American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds, the City of Sundance is moving ahead with its project to fix a water leak on 3rd Street despite not having all the necessary funding.

Clerk-Treasurer Theresa Curren informed the council that the city received $1.5 million in ARPA funds for the project, which is intended to repair a major water leak through which the city estimates it is losing 50,000 gallons of water per day, and to relocate service taps located on an old, four-inch galvanized waterline.

However, Public Works Director Mac Erickson explained...