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High-mast lighting bid comes in at $1.5 million; airport weighing home-rule petition or special town meeting
Summary
A high-mast light replacement project initially scoped for 10 poles was bid for 20 poles and the low bid almost doubled the original appropriation; staff said options include a home-rule petition or a supplemental special-town-meeting appropriation to preserve FAA grant opportunity.
Airport staff told commissioners a high-mast lighting capital project that was initially scoped for 10 lights expanded to 20 lights after FAA and MassDOT discussions, and that the low bid for the re-scoped effort nearly doubled the original capital-committee appropriation.
Nancy Smith summarized the situation: after an FAA scoping meeting the project expanded to 20 lights; the initial capital-submission estimated about…
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