The Peru Gazette

Murnane Construction is the project’s general contractor

Most of the fill will be dumped into thismassive wastewater lagoon. It hasn’t been used for many years.

Approximately 3,500 truckloads of fill will enter or leave the jobsite 

June 16, 2025, Peru, NY –  Murnane Construction personnel arrived today to begin installing signs related to the upgrading Peru’s wastewater treatment plant. Following this, machines and equipment storage containers will be brought to the site.  Then site preparation and construction will begin on the approximately $21 million project. 

Recently, personnel from the Water-Sewer Department delivered increased traffic notices to residents of nearby North Bend Street. Although the construction site will largely be out of sight, the dump trucks traveling to and from the site will be very noticeable. AES Northeast Engineer Michael Metcalf estimates that approximately 3,500 dump truck loads will transport around 60,000 cubic yards of fill into the site and carry out about 10,000 cubic yards of material. The truck movement will affect everyone along their travel route.