Community Project Funding
Community project funding provides federal support for initiatives that will provide a direct benefit to local governments and non-profit organizations. All funding follows strict guidelines for inclusion in federal appropriations legislation.
The Rules of the House of Representatives require each Member to certify that neither they nor their immediate family have a financial interest in any community project funding requests. Congressman Comer’s certification letters, background information, and letters of support from local and state elected leaders for each project are below.
Fiscal Year 2025 Projects
Project Name: Adairville Wastewater Treatment Plant Improvements Project
Project Recipient: City of Adairville
Address of the Recipient: P.O. Box 185, Adairville, Kentucky, 42202
Amount Requested: $2,547,080
Link to financial disclosure/federal nexus letter
Link to letters of support from elected officials
Project summary: The City of Adairville is initiating a project to modernize its wastewater treatment plant for enhanced efficiency and compliance. The project includes replacing blowers, improving headworks, rehabilitating aeration basins, constructing a new basin, upgrading pump stations, replacing aeration equipment, adding aeration headers, and improving sludge drying beds. Additionally, the city will install high-efficiency motors, SCADA, and VFDs, cybersecurity bolstering mediums on their network, and upgrade lighting. The project extends to rehabilitating the North lift station near Old Russellville Loop with energy-efficient pumps, VFDs, and SCADA for improved performance. These upgrades aim to ensure compliance, optimize treatment processes, and bolster environmental sustainability.
Project Name: Campbellsville University School of Business, Economics and Technology Building
Project Recipient: Campbellsville University
Address of the Recipient: 1 University Drive, UPO 784, Campbellsville, Kentucky, 42718
Amount Requested: $3,000,000
Link to financial disclosure/federal nexus letter
Link to letters of support from elected officials
Project summary: Campbellsville University (CU) seeks funding for the construction of a premier academic building on the main campus in Campbellsville, Kentucky. The new building will house the CU School of Business, Economics and Technology. The facility will feature collaborative workspaces, an institute for economic development in partnership with local workforce and economic development organizations, a lecture and meeting space for the local community, a virtual learning lab equipped with VR, AR, and robotics tools, as well as a free enterprise and small business incubator.
Project Name: Frankfort, KY Riverbank Stabilization
Project Recipient: City of Frankfort
Address of the Recipient: 315 West 2nd Street, Frankfort, Kentucky, 40601
Amount Requested: $6,779,600
Link to financial disclosure/federal nexus letter
Link to letters of support from elected officials
Project summary: The City of Frankfort seeks funding to support critical downtown bank stabilization efforts. Founded on the banks of one of the many S-curves along the Kentucky River, Frankfort’s location and low-lying floodplains make the city susceptible to flooding. The community is now experiencing more frequent and more intense flooding events. Over the years, Frankfort has invested in multiple mitigation solutions to stabilize the riverbank, including rip rap, concrete blocks, and retaining walls. Recurring flooding events are removing/weakening these resiliency measures. Federal dollars will help Frankfort to harden its flood protection infrastructure
Project Name: Henderson Water Utility Biosolids Reduction Project
Project Recipient: Henderson Water Utility
Address of the Recipient: 111 Fifth Street, Henderson, Kentucky, 42420
Amount Requested: $2,000,000
Link to financial disclosure/federal nexus letter
Link to letters of support from elected officials
Project summary: This project would upgrade the sludge treatment technology at the Henderson Water Utility’s North Wastewater Treatment Plant. The existing treatment technology, which uses belt filter presses, is outdated and at the end of its useful life. The utility has investigated new technology to replace the existing belt filter presses and has performed field testing of various sludge drying equipment. It was determined that Screw Presses were the best solution to replace the belt filter presses with a projection of five to 10 percent reduction in overall sludge volume. Upgrading to modern, efficient technologies will enhance overall performance and reduce operational costs for HWU and its ratepayers.
Project Name: Hickman County Industrial Development Authority Business Commerce Center Project
Project Recipient: Hickman County Industrial Development Authority
Address of the Recipient: PO Box 261, Clinton, Kentucky, 42031
Amount Requested: $4,050,000
Link to financial disclosure/federal nexus letter
Link to letters of support from elected officials
Project summary: Hickman County Industrial Development Authority plans to construct a business commerce center located in the local industrial park, Enterprise Park Clinton. A new business commerce center will not only assist in attracting new professional services to the county but will also assist in retaining local businesses that are surpassing their current facilities or looking at relocating within the county. This business-commerce center would be an asset for those looking to relocate and provide a reasonable option for a new facility during a time of inflated construction costs.
Project Name: Kentucky Lock Addition Project
Project Recipient: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Address of the Recipient: 265 Kentucky Lock Road, Grand Rivers, Kentucky 42045
Amount Requested: $218,000,000
Link to financial disclosure/federal nexus letter
Link to letters of support from elected officials
Project summary: This funding will allow for the project to award a contract for the remaining work on a new 110 ft. x 1,200 ft. lock addition at Kentucky Lock. The surrounding communities in KY-01 and the inland waterways industry, most of which is headquartered in nearby Paducah, would benefit from the assurances this funding would provide in seeing this project through. This project has repeatedly faced time and cost hurdles since it was authorized in 1996 WRDA. The residents, shippers, and businesses which transport their goods on our inland waterways system have waited nearly 30 years for construction of Kentucky Lock. The existing navigation lock is too small to meet current and future traffic demands without significant delays. The new Lock will accommodate 15 barges – the maximum amount allowed on the Tennessee River - per lockage as opposed to the existing 110 ft. x 600 ft. lock’s nine barge per lockage. The delays at Kentucky Lock are consistently among the highest in the country.
Project Name: Lake Cumberland Regional Multiplex
Project Recipient: Russell County Fiscal Court
Address of the Recipient: 410 Monument Square, Jamestown, Kentucky, 42629
Amount Requested: $15,000,000
Link to financial disclosure/federal nexus letter
Link to letters of support from elected officials
Project summary: Funding for this project would be used to construct a public economic development facility for use by the Lake Cumberland region, aimed at increasing small-market tourism and advancing public health. Their current design includes recreational facilities and a sensory playground for children of all needs. Due to recent Presidential Disaster Declarations in the surrounding area and the increasing threat of severe tornadic activity, they are including a public tornado shelter within the design. The project is located in a Qualified Census Tract and Opportunity Zone. Russell County officials have confirmed the project is shovel ready and the community is united behind the need for this tourism and recreation initiative.
Project Name: Lebanon Water Works Northside Water Storage Tank Project
Project Recipient: Lebanon Water Works Company
Address of the Recipient: 120 S Proctor Knott Avenue, Lebanon, Kentucky, 40033
Amount Requested: $3,000,000
Link to financial disclosure/federal nexus letter
Link to letters of support from elected officials
Project summary: In order to continue improving the service provided to its customers, Lebanon Water Works Company (LWWC) is proposing to construct a new elevated water storage tank on the north side of town. This will provide sufficient storage for Lebanon's entire customer base and to better serve the growing industrial base in the City. The LWWC will start construction on an emergency connection with Springfield in Washington County over the course of the next few months. This will further enhance LWWC's efforts to enhance opportunities for regionalization. With the growth in large distilleries Springfield is currently experiencing, this emergency connection is expected to eventually shift to a normal supply and be critical for Springfield in meeting their daily needs.
Project Name: Lyon County Interoperable Communications Project
Project Recipient: Lyon County Fiscal Court
Address of the Recipient: 500 W. Dale Avenue, Eddyville, Kentucky, 42038
Amount Requested: $691,963
Link to financial disclosure/federal nexus letter
Link to letters of support from elected officials
Project summary: If awarded, Lyon County law enforcement will be able to purchase equipment necessary to communicate directly with Kentucky Department of Fish & Wildlife Officers who work on the two federally owned and managed lakes (Lake Barkley & Kentucky Lake), as well as with State Troopers when assigned to special events and incidents involving KSP personnel. The county encompasses 257 square miles, of which approximately 60 percent is owned and managed by the federal government, including the Barkley Dam, two lakes, and the Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area. Lyon County is also home to three correctional institutions - the Kentucky State Penitentiary (the state’s only maximum-security facility), the Western Kentucky Correctional Complex (a medium-security men’s facility), and the Ross-Cash Correctional Complex (a minimum-security women’s facility). These needed upgrades to their communications equipment would allow them to respond to the communities and federal interests they serve in a timely and efficient manner.
Project Name: Madisonville West Side Lift Station Expansion and Upgrade Project
Project Recipient: City of Madisonville
Address of the Recipient: 67 N. Main Street, Madisonville, Kentucky, 42431
Amount Requested: $4,864,000
Link to financial disclosure/federal nexus letter
Link to letters of support from elected officials
Project summary: The existing West Side Lift Station is proposed to be renovated with six new wet-pit submersible pumps, variable frequency drives (VFDs), new discharge valves and piping, new electrical building, new standby generator and automatic transfer switch, cleaning and coating of the wet well, and new flowmeters. Four pumps running at maximum speed (two running through each force main) would be sized to pump the expected future peak flow of the station. To obtain access to the valves, flow meters, and piping in the valve pit, the existing masonry building is proposed to be razed and a new concrete top slab with six maintenance access points for the valves and flowmeters is planned. A separate electrical building will be constructed housing the main distribution switchboard, VFDs, control panels, and telemetry units.
Project Name: Peaks Mill Water District Loss Reduction Project
Project Recipient: Peaks Mill Water District
Address of the Recipient: 7165 US 127 North, Frankfort, Kentucky, 40601
Amount Requested: $2,000,000
Link to financial disclosure/federal nexus letter
Link to letters of support from elected officials
Project summary: This project will replace approximately 1,250 water meters with a new automated smart metering system. It will also replace 5,000 feet of 2-inch water mains with 5,000 feet of 6-inch and 4-inch water mains, relocate 50 meters to areas of easier accessibility, and install hydrants and line valves. The Peaks Mill Water District aims to provide accurate monitoring of water usage and prevent contamination caused by non-potable liquids entering through leaks or breaks in the existing pipes.
Project Name: Springfield Industry Park Waterline Improvements and Elevated Tank Project
Project Recipient: Springfield Water and Sewer Commission
Address of the Recipient: 60 W. Main St, Springfield, Kentucky, 40069
Amount Requested: $3,900,000
Link to financial disclosure/federal nexus letter
Link to letters of support from elected officials
Project summary: In the past three years Washington County has experienced residential growth as well as the addition of two significant industries with large water needs. For these reasons, they are seeking to create a separate pressure zone for the industrial park and construct a storage tank to provide additional storage for the entire system. Specifically, his project will construct a 500,000-gallon storage tank, 4500 feet of 12" and 8500 feet of 8" water mains, a booster station and install an altitude valve on an existing tank to allow the creation of a separate pressure zone for the industrial park.
Project Name: Trigg County Hospital Emergency Building
Project Recipient: Trigg County Hospital
Address of the Recipient: 254 Main Street, Cadiz, Kentucky, 42211
Amount Requested: $4,000,000
Link to financial disclosure/federal nexus letter
Link to letters of support from elected officials
Project summary: The existing Trigg County Emergency/Ambulance Building is over 30 years old, undersized, outdated, and in need of separate, private spaces for men and women. The new facility would include six bedrooms, men’s and women’s locker rooms, a training room, three offices, a kitchen and dining area and a six-bay ambulance garage. Trigg County is home to Lake Barkley, Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area, a large farming community, and a portion of Interstate 24, which has been listed as the fifth most dangerous interstate in the country. The community borders the Fort Campbell Army base and Trigg County is often used by the U.S. Army for training exercises. The ambulance service will be increasing from two crews to three crews that operate 24 hours a day to meet the community demand. A new building will allow Trigg County Hospital to properly house their employees, equipment, and ambulances. In addition, the building will provide a training room where the staff can conduct educational sessions and stay informed on the most up to date emergency medical technology and techniques.