Stop the backup: Exeter Borough got $8.7 million loan for new sewer systemWVIA FM
LUZERNE COUNTY, PA ,
January 4, 2024
For the last 40 years, Exeter residents dealt with sewage spilling into their basements and businesses. Borough officials got nearly nine million dollars for a new system. At a press conference on Jan. 3, officials announced they were approved for an $8,777,000 loan to update their deteriorating sewer system. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development Program financed the loan. Around 60 percent of the borough runs on a single sewage/storm line. Borough Council members Lori DeAngelo and Joe Pizano have found backlogged sewage in their businesses or homes. Read more here. |