CHILDERSBURG, Ala. – The state’s Department of Commerce delivered a representative check for $1,658,800 to the Talladega County Economic Development Authority and the City of Childersburg to help fund a $2.9 million expansion of the sewer system in the Childersburg Industrial Park.
The expansion will include 2,000-feet of sewer line, valves, and a necessary lift station. The grant is from Alabama’s Site Evaluation and Economic Development Strategy, or SEEDS, program. The remaining funding will be matched from the Talladega County Economic Development Authority and the City of Childersburg.
The Childersburg Industrial Park is one of two publicly-owned mega sites of over 1,500 acres in Alabama. The new sewer lines are the last needed utility to make the park more viable and attractive to larger industries. The park has natural gas, electricity, and water available in industrial volumes.
The Childersburg Park has rail service that connects to both Norfolk Southern and CSX rail lines, and currently has four-lane highway access to Hwy 280.
However, the Alabama Department of Transportation is proposing to reduce Hwy 235, also known as Plant Rd., to two lanes with a left-turn lane in the middle. Local officials and legislators have expressed their opposition to the lane reduction.
