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Candidates at Westfield forum press for council oversight of 1 Westfield Place and question no‑bid arrangements
Summary
At a Westfield candidates forum, multiple council candidates criticized the pace of local development and urged stricter oversight of the 1 Westfield Place project, raising concerns about a perceived lack of competitive procurement and the use of pilot agreements and tax abatements.
At a town candidates forum hosted by The Westfield Leader, several council candidates identified rapid development — and specifically the 1 Westfield Place project — as the town's most urgent challenge, and called for more active council oversight of large developers.
"The biggest challenge that's facing Westfield is this high pace ... of overdevelopment," said Liz Rampolla, Ward 1 Republican candidate, arguing the town's infrastructure is already strained by growth. Rampolla said the process used for parts of the large project had been flawed: "We gave our…
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