Summit sewer plan cost draws criticism
SUMMIT TWP — Only a few hands in the room raised during a township meeting Thursday when the Summit Township sewer authority asked attendees who wanted to go through with a costly sewer overhaul project.
Despite the lack of public support for the project, which will cost the township an estimated $16 million, Dave Barry, chairman of the sewer authority, said the cost of the state Department of Environmental Protection coming to the township for the overhaul would be even greater.
“We have been told we have to do this,” he said at the meeting. “In around 2005, DEP came to the area because of complaints and found that 41% of systems in the area are failing.”
The Herman Fire Hall was filled Thursday evening with Summit Township residents, who had questions about the project, which is projected to be completed by early 2025.
Read more in Friday's Butler Eagle.
