* VOTE 'NO" on Acton's DPW DEBACLE on Acton's Election Day, Tuesday, April 29, 2025 (https://actonma.gov/598/Elections-Voting).
Since this article was written (https://www.giantpeople.com/17553.html), the size of the proposed DPW building has been reduced to 42,530 sqft (https://acton-ma.gov/DocumentCenter/View/10552/Acton-DPW-40-Percent-Design-Cost-Estimate-From-TCi-4-2-2025), and the cost has been reduced to $37,995,690, which is $893.38/sqft.
The DPW base project excludes sidewalks, excludes a sound barrier, and excludes the wash bay.
The Town of Acton MISLEADINGLY uses a $700.49/sqft number, which is based only on the $29,791,811 construction cost, not the $37,995,690 total cost (https://acton-ma.gov/DocumentCenter/View/10551/Acton-DPW-Total-Project-Cost-Estimate---4-2-2025). Even at $700/sqft, Acton's project is the second most expensive of comparable DPW projects (https://acton-ma.gov/DocumentCenter/View/10260/Similar-DPW-Construction-Costs-Comparison-to-Acton-DPW-Construction-Estimate).
Finally, it is very convenient that the Acton Select Board wants to strictly follow the recommendations of a committee (i.e. the Transportation Advisory Committee) when it comes to rejecting sidewalks on Forest Road, and completely ignore another committee (i.e. the Acton Finance Committee, which is 100% opposed to the DPW project) when it comes to pushing forward with this fatally flawed DPW project.
* VOTE 'NO" on Acton's DPW DEBACLE on Acton's Election Day, Tuesday, April 29, 2025 (https://actonma.gov/598/Elections-Voting).
Erik J. Heels
17 Forest Road
heels@alum.mit.edu
Actonian since 1995