Plant construction slated to start in August

WARREN — Construction could begin as early as August on an $800,000 project to provide a sewer line and sewage processing facility to an industrial area near the former Kraft Foods plant in Kinsman Township.

On Thursday, Trumbull County commissioners approved a measure allowing the county’s planning commission to advertise for bids for the project.

Alan Knapp, planning commission director, said bids will open July 5, which would allow for the start of construction in August. The project would take about six months to complete.

It will involve construction of a 25,000-gallon-per-day plant to process waste coming from the former Kraft plant, now owned by Smearcase LLC of Andover; a nearby industrial park owned by Smearcase; and the company Vinyl Color & Grain. The three businesses are on Burnett East Road.

The project also calls for construction of about 2,000 feet of sewer line to serve the businesses.

The project makes use of a $340,000 federal grant, $340,000 from a county loan fund and $111,000 from Smearcase.

The project’s second phase, costing about $7.2 million, would provide sewers to the town square and a one-mile area between Kinsman and Farmdale. No timetable for completion of the second phase has been established, Knapp said.