The Kentucky Infrastructure Authority Board has approved a $5,257,000 loan to the Morehead Plant Utility Board. This funding comes as the first increment of a multi-phased Fund F loan for a regional water treatment plant project. Phase one of the project will be completed in 2019 and will include a new raw water intake and raw water transmission line. Phase two is expected to last from 2020-2022 and include the construction of the new water treatment plant. The final phase of the project is expected to last from 2022-2023 and include the construction of a new ground storage tank and a finished water line.