Groundbreaking was held at the site of the city's water treatment plant on North 10th Street, Tuesday, July 10, 2021, as the city of Monroe is set to begin work at the plant that as city engineer Kim Golden indicated, will retrofit and bring the plant up to future standards. It is a project that was looked at during the Mayo administration, as Golden said that the city now has the "contract and funding to proceed with the project". Current Mayor Friday Ellis speaking to those gathered said that the project "was first on his list" when he took office a year ago and he stressed the need for s...