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Clean-water and municipal wastewater projects hold largest ARPA risk as engineering and execution lag
Summary
Douglas Farnham told the House Appropriations Committee that clean-water programs — particularly municipal wastewater, wet-weather sewer overflow and three-acre stormwater work — account for a large share of remaining ARPA balances and face capacity and timing constraints that could require swaps or reallocation.
State officials told the House Appropriations Committee on May 13 that clean-water and municipal wastewater programs are the riskiest portion of Vermont’s remaining ARPA portfolio because of project timing, contractor and engineering capacity and the seasonality of construction.
Douglas Farnham, chief recovery officer, said the environmental programs still need substantive spending and that the largest single exposure in the portfolio is with ANR/DEC wastewater and stormwater projects. He summarized the…
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