Hobart to upgrade sewer system/Lawton Constitution

Hobart gets $950,000 loan for sewer projects
By Andrew Griffin
Special Correspondent
The Lawton Constitution
Posted: March 21, 2007

OKLAHOMA CITY — It won’t be long before things are flowing a little more smoothly in the Kiowa County city of Hobart.
At this month’s meeting of the Oklahoma Water Resources Board in Oklahoma City, the City of Hobart was granted a $950,000 loan for a project that would include improvements to city sewer lines and mains, manholes and lift stations.
Joe Freeman, the financial assistant officer for the OWRB, said the board had no qualms about giving Hobart the loan because of its solid reputation and responsible city management.
“We enjoy working with Hobart,” Freeman said. “They have good government.”
Hobart City Manager Will Brown said Hobart had some sewer system improvements in the late 1990’s and again in 2004.
“We’re wanting to bring the sewer system up to standard, as it should be,” Brown said.
Work will begin as soon at the city gets its permit from the state. Work will focus on areas on Ohio, Monroe and Eastern streets, Brown said, and a sewer main on Hill will be replaced.
Now that the city has been given the loan, the city has already put in its required request to the Department of Environmental Quality. Once that is approved, the bidding process will begin. And once the bidding process is complete, the project will begin, taking approximately six months, Brown said.
Citizens of Hobart, Brown said, “can expect everything to operate the way its supposed to” upon completion.