Indiana Finance Authority taking over IEDC water study for Lebanon LEAP district
A water pipeline proposed to run from Lafayette to Boone County has the Governor stepping in. He has ordered the Indiana Finance Authority to take over the water study.
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A water pipeline proposed to run from Lafayette to Boone County has the Governor stepping in. He has ordered the Indiana Finance Authority to take over the water study.
Liberty Village is the most recent housing development planned in Lebanon, which has approved about 800 new homes this year.
Other GOP contenders share similar concerns, while some defend the controversial project as a wise economic move.
West Lafayette City Council members expressed a desire for more research from third parties and greater transparency from Indiana Economic Development Corp. officials, who they said have not approached them about the proposed pipeline.
Two state lawmakers are drafting legislation that would create a permitting process and require a deeper public review of any effort in the state to pump 10 million gallons or more per day from a community's aquifer. Meanwhile, the West Lafayette City Council is poised to consider a resolution Monday night opposing the IEDC's plans.