The Town of Wilkesboro Upgrades Sewer and Water Lines

Corner of Corp Street and Cherry Street Wilkesboro, beside Tyson foods inc. Photo by Eric Wyatt November 2012

Close up view of Cherry Street and people working. Photo by Eric Wyatt November 2012

Informative sign about Wilkesboro's Water Project. Photo by Eric Wyatt November 2012

Wilkesboro NC,  has undergone a water and sewer improvement system project. This project was financed by the United States Department of Agriculture Rural Development. The project was approved by the United States President Barack Obama and Tom Vilsack Secretary of Agriculture. The project was started on Cherry Street in downtown Wilkesboro and has worked its way to the corner of Corp Street next to the local chicken supplier Tyson Foods, Inc. The the two street merge and cross U.S. Highway 421. The project began about Three months ago and is expected to last into the beginning to middle of 2013. This is a general news report.