BOYLE COUNTY, Ky. (WKYT) — Lt. Governor Jacqueline Coleman returned to her home county Tuesday as officials in Boyle and Mercer counties broke ground on a new sewer project for the Herrington Lake area.

The Gwinn Island Sanitary Sewer project will impact more than 1,000 people and 129 households. Residents will be able to replace their septic systems with sewer lines at no cost.

The project is funded by a $1.5 million cleaner water program grant and a $2.2 million division of water grant. Most of the people impacted live in either Boyle or Mercer counties.

PROJECT EXPECTED TO BENEFIT RESIDENTS

Coleman, who is from Mercer County, said the project will improve an area where she swam as a child.

“These areas that are seeking a lot of growth are the folks that don’t just confine themselve

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