While the discussion had been in the works for several
years, the Currituck County Board of Commissioners finally agreed to borrow
$2.7 million to build the plant set on 68 acres in Moyock. With that in mind, Currituck County Manager
Dan Scanlon feels confident that the project will pay for itself fairly
quickly. In a recent article in the Outer
Banks Voice, Scanlon believes that “the system should be self-sufficient and
the loan paid off in three years.”
Property owners can connect to municipal sewer services with
a tap fee of $5,500 per 250-gallon increment of use for all customers,
commercial or residential. Additionally,
customers can estimate their monthly fees to be somewhere around 1.5 times a
customer’s average water bill.
The treatment plant that cost about $2.6 million to build
currently processes 99,000 gallons of sewage per day with expansion expected
over the next few years as development in the area continues. In the aforementioned interview with the Outer
Banks Voice, currituck county Economic Development
Director Peter F. Bishop stated the plant is “just the first phase of a
facility that eventually will be able to handle up to 600,000 gallons a day to
accommodate future growth.”
As for future development, with the treatment plant situated
just two miles from the Virginia/North Carolina border, opportunities for hampton roads business as well as
commercial and residential development in and around Moyock are increasing as
is the value of the land in the same areas.
For more information about the sewage treatment plant or to
discuss the opportunities to bring business to Currituck County, please contact
Currituck County Economic Development at (252) 232-2075 or
pbishop@co.currituck.nc.us.
For more Contact:
Think Currituck
P153 Courthouse Road, Suite 207
Currituck, NC 27929
Phone:
http://www.thinkcurrituck.com/
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