U.S. Sen. Jacky Rosen on Wednesday joined Mayor Lori Bagwell and Carson City officials for a tour of the Quill Water Treatment Facility and highlighted the community project funding that she and Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto secured for Carson City, according to a news release from Rosen’s office.
Rosen and Cortez Masto, Nevada Democrats, secured a total of $7 million for four Carson City projects through the recent bipartisan government funding bill, including $2 million for updates at the water treatment facility, the release said.
Projects receiving funding are:
• $2 million for Quill Water Treatment Plant, to update the facility and help treat water from Kings Creek, Ash Creek, and the historic Marlette Hobart Water System.
• $2 million for Carson City Emergency Operations Center/Fire Station/Back Up Emergency Dispatch Center, to fund the construction of a single dedicated building with the size, layout, and communications necessary to operate as a functional Emergency Operations Center, Alternate Dispatch Center, and Fire Station.
• $2 million for Williams Street Complete Streets Project, to convert a large corridor, formerly a state highway, into more productive uses that facilitate convenient and safe travel for pedestrians and cyclists. The project will support business investment, landscaping, and public art installations, as well as increase driver safety.
• $1 million for Western Nevada Safe Routes to School, to construct safe and connected infrastructure to make walking and bicycling to school safer and more desirable.
“Community project funding that I secured for Carson City is going to help deliver clean drinking water, build a centralized operations center for first responders, support safer commutes to school, and revitalize a key commercial corridor,” Rosen said in the release. “I’m proud to have secured this federal funding and having the opportunity to see how it’s going to benefit this community underscores why I’ll continue to fight for additional community projects for Carson City in the next bipartisan government funding bill.”
Bagwell also was quoted in the release.
“The city looks forward to utilizing this newly available federal assistance on projects important to our community that will have lasting positive impacts on the city’s residents by increasing our quality of life and keeping our utility rates stable for decades to come,” Bagwell said.
Rosen and Cortez Masto secured $94 million in community project funding to support 52 Nevada programs and construction projects across the state as part of the fiscal year 2022 omnibus appropriations package, the release said.
