Town of Lisbon Water Referendum

The Lisbon Board of Water commissioners is asking for your support on the referendum question to secure funding for the Route 9 Upland Road project.  Both of these roads have been scheduled for major construction over the next two years.  Once the two projects have been completed there is a five-year moratorium on any new construction within these roads.  There is a very strong need to secure an alternate transmission line for water between Lisbon and Lisbon Falls.  This project will provide that transmission line to provide an addional way of sending water to Lisbon Falls and at the same time help the Route 9 residents with their contamination problems.  This project would also provide water to any future expansion in the Upland Road area.

The project will include a 12-inch main from Barker Brook to Route 9 and from Route 9 to Frost Hill Avenue with a short piece to connect onto Wing Street.

Costs are distributed as follows:

                        Municipal pays for:  Route 9 & Wing Street

                        Water Department pays for:  Upland Road

We understand that water costs associated with this project will increase your water rates.  We also believe that the benefits to customers associated with this project far outweigh the costs, which will be distributed over the next 25 to 30 years.  The Lisbon Water Department rates are currently 6^th lowest in the State.

Thank you for your consideration, and we ask for your support.

Lisbon Water Department

Questions: please call Bill Bauer @ 353-2780