SWANSEA — Rebuilding Swansea’s commercial economy might seem slow going. Darkened storefronts in some of the town’s major plazas along Route 6 and Route 118 up to Wood Street have, as of late, stifled activity levels and put a damper on the town’s ability to attract new businesses.
In a January 2025 interview that plumbed the question of what stood in the way of businesses flowing back to Swansea, Town Administrator Mallory Aronstein pointed to the difficulty of installing a septic system in Swansea, citing silty soil and maintenance expenses, among other things.
Since the town voted at the May 2024 town meeting to improve the sewers along the T-zone of Route 6 and 118, the first phases of the $21.6 million sewer improvement project has been steady, and earlier this month, the project received a $1 million federal funding boost…