It is a project that has been years in the making. People who live in the Eastern community of Floyd County now have a new sewer collection and treatment plant up and running.

Sewage problems have been a part of the Eastern community for years.

“I'd found a letter that my father-in-law had written back in the fifties addressing this problem,” says Bobby Baldridge.

Baldridge says the ditches running up and down his street were constantly clogged with sewage and he had to use a pipe to try and keep his mother-in-law's yard clean.

“All of this here used to remain full of water and sludge and everything else,” he says.

Now people living in the Eastern community can breathe easier thanks to a new pressure sewage collection and wastewater treatment plant. County officials gathered Monday for the official ribbon cutting.

“The judge has put in one hundred percent on this project. The fiscal court had to come up with money and all the other magistrates went along with it,” said Jackie Owens, District 2 Magistrate.

“When I was campaigning I saw the need that we should do something and we need to do it quick,” said Floyd County Judge Executive R.D. ‘Doc’ Marshall.

“They came in, they worked with the people and the people worked with them and they got the job done,” says Baldridge.

He says it is a weight off the shoulders for the four generations of his family that live here.

“It's a long line of generations and they've had the problem all these years but now, finally, we've got something we can kindly be proud of,” says Baldridge.

Baldridge says he is looking forward to raising future generations here.

The new plant serves nearly 40 households and has the capacity to service nearby Allen Central High School.