Medfield State Hospital and Westboro State Hospital were sold to their respective municipalities by the state as part of the same partnership program at about the same time, so it is instructive for Medfield to watch to see how the Westboro project proceeds.
Westboro got a better purchase price than we did, because its site is a great commercial site located just off Rte. 9. Now they are spending monies for a hazardous materials survey. We may well want that sort of data to share with our potential developers in order to eliminate for our prospective developers one variable, so as to allow the developers to better evaluate the costs of any reuse, and thereby get us a higher return.
Posted Oct. 16, 2015 at 8:44 PM
WESTBORO – A hazardous materials survey of the Westboro State Hospital land, a new payroll software system and fire apparatus are among the 20 articles to be presented at the special town meeting at 7 p.m. Monday at the high school, 90 West Main St.
Article 6 seeks a $176,000 transfer from free cash for the survey at the Westboro State Hospital site, including $26,000 for a boundary survey. Asbestos is inside the abandoned buildings, said Town Manager James J. Malloy, and an accurate survey will provide for more complete information once the town puts the property up for sale.
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