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North Haledon urges state and federal funding for $1.6 billion PVSC Parallel Interceptor
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Summary
Council adopted a resolution asking the Governor, state legislature and congressional delegation to seek state and federal funding for the Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission's Parallel Interceptor, estimated at about $1.6 billion; resolution warns of large municipal rate impacts absent aid.
The Borough of North Haledon on March 19 approved a resolution urging state and federal elected officials to identify and dedicate funding for the Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission’s (PVSC) Parallel Interceptor, a multi-mile sewer project estimated in the resolution at approximately $1.6 billion.
The resolution notes that PVSC treats wastewater for roughly 1.6 million New Jersey residents across many contributing municipalities and that the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection intends to issue a new permit requiring a regional long-term control plan to reduce combined sewer overflows. The Parallel Interceptor, described in the resolution, would run roughly five miles beneath Newark and is intended to improve infrastructure resiliency and public-health protections.
The resolution states that, without state or federal financial assistance, the cost would be borne by PVSC’s contributing municipalities and could result in an anticipated 60% increase in sewer rates spread over the next 40 years solely to finance the interceptor. The council approved the resolution as part of its consent agenda and directed the municipal clerk to mail copies to elected state and federal officials representing the borough.
The resolution frames the funding request as necessary to protect public health and the environment and to avoid severe rate impacts on municipalities that contribute to PVSC’s system.