The town will need $7.5 million more than expected to install sewers at Sound View Beach, which it owns, however the Board of Selectmen wants more information before sending the question to voters. Steve Cinami, chairman of the Water Pollution Control Authority, said voters will now be asked to approve $17.1 million, up from the $9.5 million voters approved in 2019. State funding will cover half of the $17.1 million. Sound View Beach property owners will have to pay back $8.5 million to the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection at a cost of $1,932 a year per dwelling unit. There are 270 dwelling units. He also spoke to unexpected costs, which could drive the project beyond the state’s affordability cap. Cinami, who owns a construction company, said that unlike other projects he has managed, there’s no existing sewer system beneath Sound View that would need to be removed at an extra cost.
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