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Doug Fraser (dfraser@capecodonline.com)
MASHPEE News that the town has received $40 million in low- and potentially zero-interest loans from the Clean Water State Revolving Fund is cause for celebration, Mashpee Selectman Andrew Gottlieb said.
“It’s fantastic news,” Gottlieb said Tuesday afternoon after the state Department of Environmental Protection released its list of $622 million in loan financing for more than 50 projects addressing clean water improvements, from storm water to wastewater cleanup efforts. Another $2.3 million in grants was awarded to 16 projects for planning purposes.
Cape and Islands towns received nearly $118.7 million for eight projects.
DEP spokesman Ed Coletta said the federal Environmental Protection Agency passes the money down to the state to disburse as low-interest loans. That trust fund is also partially replenished each year as municipalities repay loans.
Just ahead of the forsythia and daffodil blooms, Sandwich business owners are taking the first steps toward spring openings.
Plans for expanded outdoor seating, new signs and fences, and building renovations were among last weekâs presentations to the Sandwich Historic District Committeeâthe regulatory board that often is the first recipient of business news.
Fishermenâs View, a hugely popular seafood restaurant on Freezer Road that opened in 2016, is seeking permissions and permits to expand an outdoor seating area overlooking the canal.
Owner Robert Colbert told the HDC that he will add up to 36 more seats on a side patio covered with permeable pavers (to allow water to flow through, per a request from the conservation commission) and that the tables would be spaced at least six feet apart.