The Clinton City Council heard Tuesday night from engineers who are heading up the new water tower project.

On the WHOW Morning Show Wednesday, Clinton City Administrator Taylor Baxter told Regional Radio the details of this project are starting to come together rather quickly with a potential 2025 target date.

According to Baxter, the Council has been pondering breaking the project into two separate projects or making it one big project. He indicates they got some clarity on how to proceed forward on Tuesday.

Baxter adds the water plant project will likely be covered by just short of a million dollars from ARPA money from COVID. He points out - these improvements are not only necessary but if they don't make them and use the ARPA dollars, it won't matter how new or great the new tower is. 

Up next in the process is getting updated pricing for the project and then approaching the Illinois Environment Protection Agency, EPA, for funding. Baxter points out while the initial timeframe was likely the project getting underway in 2026, things are moving forward quickly enough that it could be 2025.