Sewer rates set to spike if massive RI tunnel project gets OK
By Ted Nesi
Published: December 29, 2015, 2:36 pm Updated: December 29, 2015, 6:22 pm
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) – State officials plan to make a decision next month on whether to approve the third and final phase of one of the largest infrastructure projects in Rhode Island’s history – and the major hike in sewer rates required to pay for it...
The Narragansett Bay Commission (NBC), the quasi-public agency responsible for wastewater treatment in northern parts of the state, has asked DEM to approve a revised version of Phase III that would cost $815 million through 2038. Phase III had been slated to be done by 2025 – at a cost of $750 million – but in June the commission issued a report recommending the timeline be extended 13 years to spread out the financial burden on ratepayers.
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