JOHNSON CITY, N.Y. -- Officials cut the ribbon on the new Johnson City Water Department Administration Building Friday, five years after the devastating flooding of 2011.
The former building, which sits right behind the new one, was destroyed by water levels that reached the windows.
The new facility cost $1.5 million, with most of the money coming from the New York Rising Community Reconstruction Program and the Governor's Office of Storm Recovery.
Local leaders are thrilled with the outcome, and how the new facility will help move them into the future.
"There's a lot going on when it comes to the water structure, and what we do in the village with that. I said earlier, we give water to a lot of other municipalities, so it's a very important aspect of the area," said Johnson City Mayor Greg Deemie.
The project was finished ahead of schedule and under budget. The old administration building will be torn down and replaced by a storage facility.