File photo WATER POWER – Current Hydro has proposed a project which would install a power-generating facility at the New Cumberland Locks and Dam, with Hancock County commissioners giving their blessing to a series of documents related to the project Thursday.

NEW CUMBERLAND – The possibility of a hydroelectric power facility being constructed in Hancock County surged forward after county commissioners approved a series of documents related to the project Thursday.

Among the paperwork going before commissioners were terms dictating the split of tax funding from the project between Hancock County and the Hancock County Board of Education, a lease agreement, project payment agreement, and a formal resolution on the project.

While commissioners approved the documents Thursday, their legal

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