PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Rhode Island Infrastructure Bank, the state’s central hub for financing infrastructure improvements for municipalities, businesses, and homeowners, has closed on a $2,000,000 loan to the that will allow the Town of Portsmouth to continue making 0% interest loans to qualifying homeowners to repair or replace failing septic systems and cesspools. The loan is being made through the Infrastructure Bank’s Community Septic System Loan Program.
“We recognize the substantial financial strain that septic system or cesspool replacements can impose on homeowners,”
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