At the 11 February 2025 Newtown Bucks County Joint Municipal Authority (aka Newtown Sewer Authority) Advisory Board public meeting, several residents from Newtown and Middletown demanded answers to their questions regarding the sewage treatment plant that the Authority is planning to build on Lower Silver Lake Rd in Newtown. [For more on that, read "Opposition Builds to Proposed #NewtownPA Sewage Treatment Plant'; https://johnmacknewtown.info/ntnu_feb2025.html].
Most people were incensed about the recent 47% rate increase.
The Authority did not answer the questions posed but suggested that residents email them and they will respond. Newtown Supervisors John Mack requested that all such questions with answers be posted to the Authority's FAQ list web site.
Mack likened the way the land was purchased after condemning to a shot gun wedding -their purchase price ($9 million) was an offer that could not be refused.. Plus it blocked any chance that the township could compete to buy the land to keep it undeveloped open space - an issue that was brought up at a recent joint Newtown Environmental Advisory Council meeting.
