The Henry County Public Service Authority (PSA) Board approved an extension of sanitary sewer service in the Horsepasture District at its regular meeting on Monday.
Residents in those areas received survey cards to fill out and return to PSA to indicate their interest in the expansion. A current expansion project nearing completion is on Preston Road.
Navy Lane, which is located off of Preston Road, also was approved to have PSA services installed due to a 71 percent positive interest indicated by recent survey responses.
PSA board members hope to expand services in the Leatherwood community along Virginia 57 East and Stoney Mountain Road. Surveys will be mailed in the coming week to residents of Stoney Mountain Road and Elijah Circle who have not responded to previous survey mailings.
Residents will have three weeks to respond. The survey cards are pre-stamped, and residents simply need to check a box to indicate whether they are interested in PSA water service and then mail them back to the PSA.
Responses to those surveys will dictate whether the PSA will pursue grant approval to begin expansion projects in those communities. The project was previously denied funding due to low response.
The PSA board also approved an additional appropriation of $785,000 for the construction of a water tank and water line along Elf Trail. The additional tank and line were deemed necessary to the current water line extension project along Preston Road and upgrades to the Philpott Water Filtration Plant.
The bulk of water main repairs will be done in March and April. Fire hydrant maintenance will begin in May. Grading is underway for the second lot at Commonwealth Crossing. Improvements to Reservoir Road are under consideration with hopes to have the project under design by the end of March.
