PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Rhode Island Infrastructure Bank has closed on $9.8 million in loans for energy efficiency, drinking water, and septic system projects in the Town of Smithfield.
A $6.6 million loan from the Bank’s Efficient Buildings Fund will finance energy efficiency upgrades at Smithfield High School and Vincent J. Gallagher Middle School. Efficiency upgrades are being done in tandem with HVAC improvements and will allow the Smithfield School District to meet energy efficiency standards delineated by the New England Collaborative for High-Performance Schools.
A $3 million loan, with $212,500 in principal forgiveness, from the Bank’s Drinking Water State Revolving Loan Fund will finance Smithfield Water Supply Board upgrades to the Rocky Hill and Island Woods water tanks, and the installation of a new pressure control system in North Providence to help increase firefighting capacity and reduce water stagnation.
A $200,000 interest free loan from the Bank’s Community Septic System Loan Program will allow for the creation of the Town of Smithfield’s first Community Septic Loan Program to make low-interest loans to qualifying Smithfield homeowners to repair failing septic systems or to replace cesspools with a septic system.
“We’re pleased to provide more than $9 million in financing to allow the Town of Smithfield to invest in priority infrastructure projects” said Jeffrey Diehl, CEO of Rhode Island Infrastructure Bank. “From energy efficiency upgrades at Smithfield schools, to upgrading basic drinking water infrastructure, to providing seed funding for the Town’s Community Septic Loan Program, the Bank is delivering low or no cost financing for projects that are critical to Smithfield’s residents and businesses.”
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