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Town engineers outline $337M-plus sewer program; school committee hears implications for schools and budgets
Summary
Town engineer and finance director briefed the school committee on the Comprehensive Wastewater Management Plan (CWMP): technical phases, projects affecting school properties, and financing options. Officials urged voters may need to approve a debt exclusion or water infrastructure surcharge to secure funds.
Town officials told the Barnstable School Committee on March 4 that the town's Comprehensive Wastewater Management Plan (CWMP) is a multi-decade, multi-phased program with major implications for school properties and municipal finances.
Griffin Bowden, town engineer, summarized technical goals and projects: the program targets nitrogen reductions in impaired embayments and is organized in three 10-year phases. He said the Route 28 sewer expansion is the program's backbone, and noted ongoing and planned construction areas (Centerville Village north phase, Route 28 West, and Long Pond area) with multiple pump stations and property connections. Bowden also explained how the project will connect or decommission local treatment…
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