GIRARD The City of Girard has been approved to receive a $547,231 loan at 4.80% for five years for the design of safety improvements to the Upper Girard Lake Dam, according to a news release.

The loan comes as part of the $11.7 million in financing from the Ohio Water Development Authority (OWDA) toward improving wastewater and drinking water infrastructure to improve water quality across the state.

Girard's loan, one of the 11 project loans through the Ohio program, will also include work on the emergency spillway and toe drain, to comply with Ohio Department of Natural Resources requirements, the release states.

The other projects include loans to West Farmington, Waverly, Toledo, Strasburg, Marengo, Byesville and Columbus.

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