LaHarpe tries again for electric upgrade grant

By

News

October 13, 2016 - 12:00 AM

LAHARPE — The LaHarpe City Council signed off on its second attempt to procure grant funding to help pay for electric upgrades throughout the city.

The Council voted, 4-0, to apply for a $400,000 Community Development Block Grant as part of a citywide electric conversion to a new three-phase system.

About half of the city remains under an old “delta” electric system, prone to partial outages, brown-outs and electric surges. Aging utility poles and other issues are growing worse as well.

Related
September 1, 2016
February 16, 2016
October 9, 2014
September 11, 2014