Construction bids could be accepted by early summer on a water supply improvement project that City of Lamesa officials say will impact local residents for generations to come. Plans for the project, funded by a $12.55-million loan/grant from USDA Rural Development, are 99 percent complete, according to officials with the engineering firm developing those plans. “We are on the cusp. We’re getting close,” Holly Holder, with the architectural/engineering firm of Parkhill Smith and Cooper, told Lamesa City Council members during their regular meeting Tuesday evening. “We are as anxious as you to get this project on the street.” The project will include expansion of ...