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Monday morning was bright and cold as the Moorcroft Town Council gathered at the municipal lagoon with Public Works Director Cory Allison and HDR Engineer Heath Turbiville to examine the progress of the state-mandated $3 million upgrade project thus far.

Councilman Dale Petersen spoke to the unevenness of the safety poles next to each valve, “We have a multimillion dollar project and we can’t even take pride enough to line up the poles and valves. What’s that all about? ”

Admitting it’s unlikely many people will ever see the workmanship, he spoke again to the implied care taken w...