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Acton select board backs scaled DPW plan, endorses Arrow Street option 4B
Summary
After reviewing six alternatives from Arrow Street Architects, the Acton Select Board unanimously accepted the DPW Building Committee's recommendation to advance Option 4B for additional design work; the board voted 4'to—2 to endorse moving forward and directed staff to pursue targeted design funding for next year.
The Acton Select Board voted to endorse the Department of Public Works building committee's recommended alternative, Option 4B from Arrow Street Architects, directing staff to pursue further study and design funding for that option.
Option 4B combines a new, energy-compliant staff and service building with repurposing part of the existing 1970s-era DPW structure for vehicle storage. The building committee presented six alternatives developed with Arrow Street and recommended 4B as a compromise that concentrates investment on staff workspaces and workshops while limiting near-term construction cost.
The recommendation followed a multi-year design process that began with a Weston & Sampson feasibility study. Committee members reviewed how program area estimates were reduced from roughly 52,700 square feet in the 2021 study to 44,872 square…
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