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Gardner City wins $1.5 million to move South Gardner utilities underground
Summary
Gardner City announced a $1.5 million grant to put overhead utility wires underground in the South Gardner village center, with construction planned for the 2026 season. City officials said the project will remove telephone poles, bolster winter-weather resilience and be paired with sidewalks, pavement and Victorian-style street lights.
Mayor (name not specified) announced that Gardner City has been awarded a $1,500,000 grant to place overhead utility wires underground in the South Gardner village center, with work scheduled for the 2026 construction season.
The mayor said the project will remove existing telephone poles and reduce outages from winter weather. “I’m happy to announce today that the city has been recently awarded a $1,500,000 grant to get that work done in the 2026 construction season,” the mayor said.
Councilor Alec Durnalowicz, representing Ward 5, said he welcomed the investment and noted personal family ties to the neighborhood. He thanked the mayor’s office and Representative Zlotnick’s team for helping secure the funding and expressed anticipation for the neighborhood transformation. “As a lifelong Gardner resident, it’s very exciting to see this type of investment in Ward 5,” Durnalowicz said.
The mayor credited Representative Zlotnick and city grant staff, including former executive aide Katie Jablonski, for assisting with the application. Officials said the undergrounding project will run along the corridor from the Standard Chair Factory to the Gardner Martial Arts Academy and will be coordinated with related work at the former Prospect Street School site, where a new BART bus stop and housing construction were referenced.
City officials said streetscape upgrades will follow the undergrounding. The mayor described plans for new sidewalks, repaved roads and Victorian-style street lighting similar to fixtures on the Tiffany Boulevard corridor downtown.
No formal votes, motions or funding conditions were announced during the remarks. Officials set a tentative construction season of 2026 and said a groundbreaking is expected next year.
