MASON CITY – Congress and President Joe Biden this month signed a new spending bill into law, and with it, comes $1 million for water infrastructure expansion in Mason City’s industrial park.
On March 6, 2024, the House of Representatives met to consider H.R. 4366, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024, after amendments from the Senate. The measure was approved with a vote of 339 to 85. On Saturday, March 9, 2024, President Joe Biden signed the bill into law, which provides full-year funding through September 30, 2024, for departments and agencies of the Federal Government. More specifically, the bill “Continues critical investments in agriculture research, rural broadband, rural water infrastructure, and animal and plant health programs.
Thanks to the fact that Congress and President Biden signed this bill into law, the City of Mason City received a $1 million Community Project Funding award. No one politician deserves all the credit for this funding. A functional federal government made this possible.
According to city hall, Mason City’s current water storage and distribution system is comprised of two pressure zones. The Loop main project funded in this community project will create the capability to provide a much larger volume of water entering the Industrial Park area from the high-pressure zone side of the distribution system, to directly service current and future developments. Several expansions and new industrial projects are already planned in the area that will greatly increase demand in the near future. In addition to production needs, the increase in water volume and pressure also contributes to the ability for firefighting capacity needs.
The new looped distribution main will facilitate new development opportunities to over 800 acres of land in and around the Industrial Park and continue to make Mason City a premier site for a diversity of industrial projects.
Earlier Tuesday, NIT reported that a new distribution center is coming to the city’s south side industrial park, (pictured at top) and new infrastructure could make this area attractive for future development.
