A multi-million dollar sewer project in the City of Lincoln is picking up steam.

After the City switched contractors, Lincoln Mayor Tracy Welch on the WHOW Morning Show Friday told Regional Radio News equipment is starting to get put in place as the weather begins to turn and hopes work begins to pick up as the weather turns to spring.

At nearly $20-million, it is an extremely costly project for any rural community. Mayor Welch indicates it took a few years for the City to get its ducks in a row to begin work. He says it is being financed through low-interest loans.

According to the Mayor, the change in charging residents for consumption rather than a flat rate allowed the City to make sure the rates they charged would be able to cover the costs of payments on the bonds used for the project, and not force them to keep coming back to change them.

The Mayor says Lincoln residents have become more aware of how much water they are using which has begun to limit its usage in the city.