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Residents urge Select Board to withhold support for Sudbury Housing Authority project, cite costs and alternate sites

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Multiple residents used public comment to ask the Select Board not to support Article 46, a request for $450,000 in CPA funds for the Sudbury Housing Authority'led Pine Lakes duplex project, raising cost increases and deed restriction issues and urging exploration of alternate sites.

Several residents urged the Select Board on March 11 to oppose Article 46, the Community Preservation Committee (CPC) request to release $450,000 in CPA funds for a Sudbury Housing Authority redevelopment plan in the Pine Lakes neighborhood.

Speakers at public comment said the Sudbury Housing Authority (referred to in remarks as "SHA" or the "Commonwealth of Massachusetts Housing Authority in Sudbury") has not vetted lower'cost alternatives and that the project budget has increased since initial planning. CJ Davis, who identified herself from Oakwood Avenue, asked the Select Board to "choose to not support article 46," saying her neighborhood supports affordable housing but wants to…

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