Rep. Neguse visits Eagle County to check on investments in clean water, transportation and child care

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Rep. Neguse visits Eagle County to check on investments in clean water, transportation and child care

A check for nearly $1 million is always a nice thing. Now all Gypsum needs is another 84 of them. Rep. Joe Neguse paid a quick Wednesday visit to the Vail Valley, starting in Gypsum at the town’s wastewater treatment plant. That plant is the very definition of “sticker shock.” A new facility in 2019 carried an estimated cost of roughly $35 million. By late 2023, the cost had ballooned to $120 million before settling at $85 million. That’s better…