OLD LYME — The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection announced that it would allow three private beach associations to proceed with installing sewers, even without the town’s cooperation. Nearly 90 days after a Dec. 16 town referendum overwhelmingly opposed a request for additional borrowing to install sewers in Sound View and an adjacent neighborhood dubbed “Area B” in the planning, the state agency informed Old Colony, Miami Beach and Old Lyme Shores Beach Associations that they could now enter into contracts to begin the project. The authorizations were issued on Jan. 31, and will allow the private beach associations to install sewer infrastructure within their neighborhoods and a shared sewer line connecting to a New London wastewater treatment plant. In a statement, DEEP said that the project was expected to start in the spring. It’s unclear how the town intends to satisfy the state agency without joining the project, but DEEP officials have repeatedly warned the town that it would not be released from its responsibility to address the high density of septic fields in Sound View. Old Lyme is not yet the subject of a consent order — forcing the town to act — but the state agency has said it expects to enter into one to formalize a corrective plan.

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