The City of Winfield will apply for a Community Development Block Grant to help fund emergency replacement of a water line along the Walnut River that was exposed after major floods this past spring caused ground erosion.

The filing is a CDBG Urgent Need Application for $185,000 to cover the cost of the project, according to Winfield City Manager Taggart Wall. The total estimated cost is just over $197,000. If the grant is awarded, the remaining cost would be paid by the city., according to a legal notice published Nov. 12 in the CourierTraveler.

The waterline crossing begins 700 feet south of Ninth Avenue/U.S. 160 at the Winfield Fairgrounds, then continues 579 feet west under and across the river bed. The project will include site clearing and restoration, installation of the 12-inch water line, connection to the existing water line and erosion control.

(Read more: The Arkansas City Traveler)