WILLIAMSON COUNTY PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICE

 

NEWS RELEASE

 

     Lisa Trow, LCRA

                        1-800-776-5272, Ext. 2982

 

HAIRY MAN ROAD OPENS MONDAY

 

            Oct. 29, 2004 (Round Rock, TX) – County Road 174 (Hairy Man Road) will reopen at 6 a.m. on Monday, Nov. 1.  The road has been closed for a $100 million project by the Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA) on the Brushy Creek Regional Wastewater System that allows closure of two treatment plants and Onion Branch lift station.

"LCRA appreciates the cooperation of Williamson County in the completion of this important project," said Jim Clarno, LCRA's manager of utility development.

            “We are glad LCRA’s project is completed and that the road is reopened.  It is an important link for the citizens of Williamson County between the Brushy Creek area and the Round Rock area,” said Williamson County Commissioner Lisa Birkman.

The project included installing a line that is the last part of a regional wastewater collection system that consists of a 17-mile wastewater interceptor – a large pipeline – extending from Cedar Park to the Brushy Creek Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant adjacent to Highway 79 just east of Dell Diamond.  One of LCRA’s primary goals with the project is to improve water quality in Brushy Creek and protect the Edwards Aquifer.  Instead of using lift stations that are subject to failures and overflows that can cause pollution problems, wastewater will flow by force of gravity to the Brushy Creek plant.  The collection system serves portions of Round Rock, Cedar Park, Austin and the Brushy Creek and Fern Bluff municipal utility districts. 

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