First Selectwoman Martha Shoemaker said now that all the costs of the proposed sewer installation project that Sound View Beach residents would pay have been revealed, it is no longer affordable. Shoemaker said this based on a price threshold that, if passed, would let the town tell the state it can’t move ahead with the project. The state has compelled Sound View Beach and three private beach associations to install sewers to stop septic tanks polluting Long Island Sound. State funding will cover half of Sound View’s $17.1 million portion of the $61 million. Sound View Beach property owners will have to pay back $8.5 million to the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. Previously, Sound View residents were told this means an annual cost of $1,939 a year per equivalent dwelling unit, up $570 from earlier price estimates. The Water Pollution Control Authority, or WPCA, the town commission overseeing the installation at Sound View, had not included user fees, maintenance and operational costs passed on to ratepayers, or fees to connect to systems in East Lyme and New London in its estimated yearly costs to users.

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