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BELPRE — Work to improve Belpre’s water infrastructure is underway.

In a special meeting Wednesday evening Belpre City Council approved all three readings on a pair of ordinances awarding bids for a new water tank and new water lines in the city of Belpre.

The ordinances provided a conditional notice of award to Mid Atlantic Storage Systems Inc. and to Stonegate Construction Inc. for different aspects of the projects to install a new 2.5 million gallon water storage tank and new water lines.

Mayor Susan Abdella said both bids came in under budget. Councilman John Ambrozy confirmed the approved bids as $1,129,664 to Stonegate and $4,258,030 to Mid-Atlantic.

Abdella told council that pending approval from the EPA, the projects should begin construction within two or three months with a projected completion by the end of 2025 or the first quarter of 2026.