City of Ransom Canyon breaking ground on park renovations, sewer plant upgrades

LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - The City of Ransom Canyon is now embarking on efforts to enhance its parks and its water infrastructure.

KCBD spoke to Jana Trew, the Mayor of Ransom Canyon who says these improvements will benefit not only the residents in the tight-knit community, but visitors as well.

“It is a very beautiful area, so we are excited to be able to provide these new services,” Trew said.

The small community of Ransom Canyon has seen some growth over the last few years, with new houses being developed for its growing population.

Trew says, “The future looks good for Ransom Canyon.”

Trew says the population of their city is getting younger, which is why revitalizing Jones-Warner Park was an important task for the city.

“The city has worked with SPAG and got a grant from the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department to cover almost half of the cost of the park renovation,” Trew said.

That several hundred-thousand-dollar renovation includes resurfacing the tennis courts, adding pickleball courts, and completely redoing the basketball court. Trew says that is just the first phase.

“We hope to add new playground equipment in a different phase and a walking track. It is going to be a phased project, but we are excited about it,” Trew said.

And that’s not the only improvement happening in Ransom Cayon. The community is also using funding from the Texas Water Development Board to upgrade its sewer plant.

“We will be able to purify the water more than we are right now. It will give us a larger capacity,” Trew said.

Trew tells us the $6 million investment in the sewer plant will make it expandable, to meet the needs of both Ransom and Buffalo Springs Lake for years to come.

“Buffalo gets a lot of traffic in the summer, so we have to expand our capacity in order to take of all of the waste coming from both of us,” Trew said.

Although no timeline has been set, Trew says the city will see progress in the near future.