Plans to change Lovingston infrastructure announced [Video]

On the 55th anniversary of the remnants of Hurricane Camille delivering a catastrophic blow to Nelson County, the county’s the service authority and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced plans to fix the county’s infrastructure during an Aug. 20 event at the Nelson County Courthouse.

Stevie Steele, professional engineer and vice president for CHA Consulting, spoke about what the plan was for the Lovingston Infrastructure project.

According to Steele, there is 16,000 feet of sanitary sewer pipe in the Lovingston sewer system that is made out of vitrified clay.

“Those of you who don’t know what that is, it’s very brittle. It was commonly used at that time, in the 1970s. It needs to be replaced,” Steele said.

According to Steele, there …