Some people get highways or bridges named for them.
But after decades of service as Raleigh city manager, Dempsey Benton had his name emblazoned on ... wait for it ... a sewage treatment plant.
The $90.5 million Benton Water Treatment Plant broke ground in 2007 near Garner and is expected to open in early 2010, Mark Johnson reports.
But Benton isn't complaining.
Now serving as Gov. Beverly Perdue's "stimulus czar" — an appointed position overseeing the state's spending of federal stimulus money — he was introduced with a mention of the treatment plant at an event at the N.C. Chamber last week.
"He was delighted to be associated with a facility that took that stuff and turned it into something useful that people needed," said Joe Stewart of the Chamber.
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