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Blackstone selectmen direct staff to pursue Option 2 for Bellingham Road drainage
Summary
The Board of Selectmen voted unanimously Aug. 20 to direct the town administrator to advance engineering for Option 2 on Bellingham Road, a higher-construction-cost alternative intended to reduce the number of land takings and potential impacts to Fox Hill residents.
The Town of Blackstone Selectmen voted unanimously Aug. 20 to direct the town administrator to move forward with engineering and permitting for Option 2 of a proposed Bellingham Road drainage project.
Town administrator Chad Lovett told the board the engineering firm Turning Point priced three options: Option 1 at $268,995 (the lower-cost route behind five properties, daylighting at Fox Hill), Option 2 at $303,670 (crossing the street to town-owned land with fewer takings), and a third route judged cost-prohibitive because of topography. Lovett said Turning…
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