With luck and funding, ground-breaking on a proposed sewer project for the tiny town of West Point will take place within the next two years, says Mayor Kenneth Kilgo.

The West Point Town Council has scheduled a public meeting for 6 p.m. tonight at the town hall to talk about the sewer proposal.

“I’ve talked with Congressman Aderholt’s office, and I’ve talked with the people in Montgomery at the economic and community affairs office,” Kilgo said. “Before we go any further, I want to invite as many people in the town out just to let them know what we’re doing, what we know now and also to get some feedback.”

Since taking over the office in November, Kilgo, who was appointed mayor, has started an aggressive industrial-development campaign for the town of less than 300 residents.

The first item on Kilgo’s agenda is establishing a modest sewer system to help attract new industry to the town located on Ala. Highway 157. His tentative plan involves starting out small, utilizing a sewage treatment facility at West Point High School and installing a single sewer line from the school to 157.

According to Kilgo, hopefully, incoming businesses will help finance future expansions of the sewer system.

“We’re really looking for ways to fund this thing without placing a mountain of debt on our own town’s people,” Kilgo said Monday.

Kilgo is visiting Montgomery today to seek funding for the project. He said he has received positive feedback from employees at Rep. Robert Aderholt’s, R-Ala., office and from the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs.

The town council has already made some progress toward planning of the sewer project. At it’s meeting in November, it received a report from Novus Utilities, one of the companies hoping to manage the sewer if it is built.

The tentative Novus plan calls for two construction phases — one to lay a line to the highway and another to extend east and west on the highway, the most likely location for future industries.

While the council has not officially made any decisions concerning the sewer system, the general consensus is that it will be available to residential customers as well as industrial ones, but it will not be mandatory for those who live in the city limits.

According to Kilgo, the sewer project will help the town utilize one of its greatest assets, its location on a major highway, making the spot even more attractive to industry.

“We’re looking at everything we can to get this funded,” he said.