Top Reasons why we oppose the sale of the sewer and will continue to fight it. 

• NextEra rates could go up past $1500/year within 8 - 10 years, using historical rate increases for Towamencin Municipal Authority the rates would be around $650 in the same period.

• Rates will go up to pay stockholders who are guaranteed a 10% return on investment, just as they have in neighboring communities. This money will leave our community.

• Temporarily raising taxes to address budget shortfalls and obtaining grants for individual projects benefits the community and ensures we don't lose control of municipal assets.

• Residents have proven they do not want the sewer system sold, we want transparency, facts and options.

• We as a community want our voices heard and the township ignored us no matter how loud we were, they also tried to silence us. Selling a public asset to address routine maintenance is bad planning, residents shouldn't have to be the ones to pay to correct their mistakes.

• Once it’s gone, it is gone - all the land, infrastructure, all of the upgrades, all of our local control… it’s gone.

• Corporate rate hikes affect the low and fixed income residents the hardest.

• The sewer plant is part of our community where its employees and board live, work, and volunteer and support local businesses.

Local Ownership, Local Control, Lower Rates.

Did you know the Township has a history of making other mistakes that were strongly opposed by residents?

• Leasing our community pool to an out-of-state company which led to: confusion and finger pointing after major damage to one of the pools, doubling of day pass rates last year, and limiting the swim teams fundraising ability

• The Township sunk millions of dollars into planning, designing and constructing the pedestrian bridge over Forty Foot Road in the early 2000’s. How many people have you spotted using the “bridge to nowhere” in the past 15 years since the was completed in 2007? Take some time to read this article for a little history on the project. Forty Foot Pedestrian Bridge

• Allowing shopping centers to sit empty with very little recourse for the developer (unless of course the signage doesn’t meet the standards).