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LaSalle holds public hearing on plan to replace about 500 lead service lines
Summary
City officials presented a plan to remove and replace roughly 500 lead or galvanized service lines, a $3.332 million project proposed to be financed by an Illinois EPA loan with a 10-calendar-day public comment period and possible loan forgiveness pending state scoring.
City of LaSalle officials held a public hearing to present a proposed project to remove and replace approximately 500 lead service lines across older sections of the city.
The project representative for the City of LaSalle described the plan as a preliminary environmental impact determination submitted to the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) as part of the IEPA public water supply loan (SRF) funding requirements. The representative said estimated construction would begin in December 2025, with final completion projected for June 2030, and gave a total project cost estimate of $3,332,000.
The project representative told the hearing the city proposes to finance the work with an IEPA loan described in the project documents as a 0% interest loan with a 20-year term (the representative also said the city is eligible for a 30-year term as published by the state program). The representative said the loan repayment would come from existing water-system revenues and provided a sample repayment figure of about…
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