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Mayor highlights local projects: Whipple Center repairs, waterfront barrels, Back River cleanup and erosion work
Summary
On the program Mayor Robert Headin addressed several local-service questions: the Whipple senior center’s low toilets (on the capital list), heavier trash barrels for the waterfront (DPW fix), demolition and remediation of the old incinerator site near Back River (conversion to open space), and town embankment stabilization work near Webb State Park.
A series of resident questions on Ask the Mayor prompted the mayor to outline small-to-medium public-works and maintenance priorities across Weymouth.
On the Whipple senior center, Claudia Russo asked whether funds exist to replace low, child-height toilets. Headin said the toilets are functioning and that plumbing repairs are listed on the town’s capital-improvement plan. A senior-center staff member described the women's bathroom as having one sink out of commission and two stalls out of order, and said those issues are on the capital list for repair.
On the waterfront, Tracy Brennan asked for more secure trash barrels because wind regularly tips current containers and litter ends up in the water. Headin said DPW could procure heavier lids and barrels as an inexpensive near-term fix.
The mayor also described the demolition and cleanup of the old incinerator site near the Back River, saying the work has opened space for additional parking and a perimeter walking trail and calling the redevelopment a positive repurposing of a long-blighted industrial area.
Finally, Headin addressed concerns about erosion at Webb State Park and said the state owns the park; the town is separately working on a complex, costly embankment-stabilization project on town-owned land and is addressing invasive species that contribute to instability. He also noted that roughly $8 million in paving work took place last year, which he said many residents view as a visible improvement.
No formal town votes were announced on the show; the mayor characterized the items as ongoing maintenance and capital projects at various stages of planning or completion.
