The Town of Birdseye has been awarded $750,000 in federal grant funding from the Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs to upgrade its sanitary sewer system. The project will also be supported by $350,000 from Dubois County and a $200,000 loan. Planned improvements include rehabilitating manholes and mains, installing an emergency bypass connection at a lift station, and dredging lagoons. Officials say the upgrades will address compliance and safety concerns while allowing the town to add new system connections, which have been on hold under a temporary ban. Region 15 assisted with the grant application, and bid packages are expected to be released in December.
