Oak Bluffs will soon be able to tap into a new funding source to help pay for wastewater projects after voting this week to become the first Island town to opt into the Cape Cod and Islands Water Protection Fund.
The Oak Bluffs wastewater commission determined this week that the town will not have the wastewater flow to support Green Villa, the largest Island housing project in recent memory, until roughly 2031.
Two Oak Bluffs residents hoping to build a new home on Ocean avenue are suing the town’s wastewater commission for what they allege is an unsubstantiated decision and a potential conflict of interest.
Each of the six towns have been working on long-range wastewater management plans in order to cut back the amount of nitrogen flowing into the Island’s waters.
Major construction along Edgartown-West Tisbury Road is getting underway in Edgartown this month as part of an effort to shore up the town’s wastewater infrastructure.
After struggling to get people to apply for individual wastewater grants, Dukes County decided last week to give Martha’s Vineyard Airport an extra $100,000 in federal Covid relief funds.
The select board Tuesday voted to hold a special town meeting on June 25 at 7 p.m. at the Oak Bluffs Elementary School to reauthorize two borrowing articles that were approved at the 2022 annual town meeting.
Edgartown is weighing the costs of expensive septic changes as the town’s wastewater treatment facility falters and the Island’s water quality continues to decline.
