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Acton candidates debate $35 million public works building, finance committee concern cited
Summary
Select board candidates and other speakers described a proposed new $35 million Department of Public Works building, saying it addresses safety, ADA and operational problems; opponents and the finance committee have raised cost concerns ahead of a likely debt-exclusion vote.
A proposal to replace Acton’s aging Department of Public Works building and finance it with a debt-exclusion override drew sharp discussion at the candidate forum, with select board candidates saying the current facility is undersized and unsafe and that delaying construction would raise long-term costs.
Proponents said the town has already reduced the project through value engineering but still needs roughly $35,000,000 in bonding to build a right-sized facility. “The building was undersized when it was built in 1969… It currently has so many problems with it as far as [code] compliance, air quality issues,” said…
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