Wednesday, September 24, 2025
Tarr in the News: Merimack River Project
TARR IN THE NEWS | 9.05.25
'Lawmakers meet to discuss health of Merrimack River'
By Matt Petry | Daily News of Newburyport
EXCERPTS BELOW:
"Tarr began the meeting by delivering some breaking
news.
“We were able to secure in the state budget funding for the
Merrimack Valley Planning Commission to finance some specific and discrete
projects which will help us to advance our plan,” Tarr said, referring to
helping preserve the vital river.
He said they secured $270,000 in grant funding.
“These are not for large amounts of money, but they are for
significant projects that contribute to the overall effort and help us to
continue to move forward,” Tarr said."
AND
"Tarr said the projects range from additional
monitoring in Newburyport to actual CSO separation in Haverhill.
“There’s a wide array of projects happening here, and it’s
very, very significant,” Tarr said.
Speaking later in the meeting, Tarr said one of the
council’s overarching goals is to form a comprehensive understanding of what is
needed to address CSO issues.
“In that spirit, we have reached out to the communities that
have NPDES (national pollutant discharge elimination system) permits that are
discharging into the river, trying to get an understanding of what the cost of
remediation in those communities would be, how much funding they’ve been able
to secure, and how much of a gap we need to fill,” Tarr said."
Read the full article by Matt Petry in the Daily News of
Newburyport:
https://www.newburyportnews.com/.../article_29ed07da-cb65...
