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Council sends $3.226M parks and recreation bond to deliberative session amid debate over skate park and concession funding
Summary
After a public hearing on a parks and recreation bond that would reconfigure youth ball fields and rebuild a skatepark, the council moved the article to the deliberative session; the council did not recommend the full article, voting 3–4 against recommending it.
The Bedford Town Council held a public hearing on Jan. 22 for an article authorizing up to $3,226,000 in bonds to fund field relocations, lighting and the replacement of the skateboard park, and then voted to place the article on the town’s deliberative session. The council’s motion to move the article passed unanimously; its recommendation vote recorded a 3–4 split, meaning the council does not recommend the article as presented.
The proposal would move the Little League complex from the Nashua Road site (built on a former landfill) to the Swenson Field location, add lighting to ball fields at Swenson and elsewhere, construct restroom/concession facilities, and replace the skateboard park at Earl Legacy Park with a poured‑in‑place concrete facility. The warrant language authorizes the council to issue and…
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