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Lowell officials ask committee to approve Article 97 easements to speed $160M sewer‑separation project
Summary
City of Lowell and state witnesses told the committee H.4183 is needed to grant easements across state parkland so Lowell can secure SRF funding and proceed with a central sewer‑separation project estimated at $160 million.
Boston — City officials and their lawyers told the Joint Committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight they need a narrowly drawn Article 97 authorization so the city of Lowell can complete permitting and obtain state SRF loans for a central sewer‑separation project.
Representative Rodney Elliott, who sponsored H.4183, said the bill authorizes the Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance to grant easements to the city of Lowell to locate an outfall and other drainage infrastructure in limited state‑managed parkland. “We need these easements in order to proceed with… applications for state SRF money,” Elliott said.
Aaron Fox, director of the Lowell Regional…
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