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Uxbridge committee hears bids for Blackstone wells treatment plant; base bid about $1.65M over prior appropriation
Summary
The Uxbridge Finance Committee was told post‑bid estimates for the Blackstone Wells treatment plant exceed the $19.5M appropriation by about $1.65M; staff said a likely $1.2M MassDEP emerging contaminants grant would reduce the town’s net ask and the public hearing was continued to April 15.
The Uxbridge Finance Committee on (date not specified) heard a presentation on bids for a planned Blackstone Wells water treatment plant that left staff and members weighing how much to ask voters to approve.
Derek Belanger, a water consultant with Ty and Bond Engineering, told the committee that the project was bid as a base treatment‑plant package plus two add alternates (about $1.4 million for office/administrative space and $1.6 million for an equipment storage/expansion area). "The construction budget and the professional services budget total to about $21,150,000," Belanger said, adding that the result is "a variance of about 1,650,000.00 above the original appropriation for the treatment plant." The original appropriation referenced in the presentation…
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