$2,000 hook-up fee waived, residents ecstatic (IL)
Following up on the EPA's press release, the Chicago Daily Herald brings us this story:
Now state and local officials are giving about 700 residents who benefited from the $4.3 million project another reason to celebrate.Read the full story here. Read similar coverage in the Chicago Tribune (free reg req'd).
The homeowners won't have to pay an anticipated $2,000 fee to connect to water pipes in Downers Grove because of a recent settlement.
...Resident Elizabeth Chaplin is among those who won't benefit because she and her husband already paid the fees. But, she said, the waiver will help many of her neighbors who can't afford it.
"I think they are going to be thrilled," she said. "Our goal was safe water at an affordable price without annexation. We have achieved that. When residents hear about this, they are going to be ecstatic."
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