Construction for zone one of Antelope Valley started in November and is expected to be completed in June by DRM Inc.  Groundbreaking for zones two and three, which will either be one contract or two, will be sometime this spring.

     The goal is to complete phase one of the sewer development -- including Antelope Valley Subdivision, Highview and Stroup mobile home parks and Winland Industrial Park -- by the end of 2005, Engels said.

     The project is slated to cost about $9 million, with about $2.3 million in grants from the State Loan and Investment Board for Wyoming abandoned mine land and other mineral royalties.  Another loan for $355,000 is pending, Engels said.

     The remainder of the project is funding through a self-assessed tax from the neighborhoods, Engels said.  The residents voted to impose it last May.

     Phase two for the extension of the city's system may or may not be in the peripheral, Engels said.  That portion would cost about $2.8 million and include the Knights of Columbus, the Southern Drive Business Park and Mohan Subdivision; at the completion of phase one, those areas will have the city's line adjacent to them.

     But recent conflict with business owners on Mohan Road, where the city is now under construction to extend its trunkline, suggest those sections may not attach to the system anytime soon.

     Scott Brady, owner of Sunshine Custom Paint & Body, said he and other owners are frustrated with the city's construction and he moved his business to the county to be rid of the city's practices and codes.  Brady said on Monday he wouldn't want to be attached to the sewer line.

      Engels said he is willing to work with the businesses and residents in these areas to move phase two forward, but won't take any steps until they are ready.