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Rep. Bradley, Rep. Cantwell and Sen. Hedlund announce funding for Scituate clean water project
May 5, 2009
BOSTON— State Representative Garrett Bradley, D-Hingham, State Representative James Cantwell, D-Marshfield, and State Senator Robert Hedlund, R-Weymouth are pleased to announce that the Rosa’s Lane Area Sewer project has become eligible for assistance through the federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, as the Obama Administration is making $133 million available for Clean Water SRF projects and $52 million available for Drinking Water SRF projects.
Rosa’s Lane Area Sewer project in Scituate was chosen as a Clean Water Project and is eligible for $354,000. This project is essential for protecting public health and the environment.
“I am pleased that Scituate is beginning to benefit from the Federal Stimulus Funding being distributed to Massachusetts. It is critically important that we maintain and improve our sources of clean, safe drinking water," Rep. Bradley said.
To be eligible for CleanWater or Drinking Water SRF funding, municipalities, waste water districts and water suppliers filed applications with the Mass Department of Environmental Protection last year demonstrating that the proposed projects offer significant public health or drinking water quality benefits. The projects on the awards list must now obtain local funding authorization by August 1, and submit final plans and specifications by August 1 to qualify for Recovery Act “shovel-ready” funding. Projects that fail to qualify for Recovery Act funding will be awarded 2 percent loans and must submit their plans and specifications by October 1.
“These low-interest loans will provide real and actual savings for the taxpayers of Scituate,” Sen. Hedlund said. Cantwell said the Rosa’s Lane neighborhood had been fighting to be connected to the town’s sewer system for over 40 years.“After literally decades of hard work on their part, the folks on Rosa’s Lane will finally be able to tie in to the town’s sewer,” he said. “This project is longoverdue and critical to the problems in the area with standing water and sewage disposal.”
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