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Mayor unveils FY2025 – FY2029 Five-Year Capital Improvement Project Plan

On September 18, Mayor Ruthanne Fuller presented the FY2025-FY2029 Five-Year Capital Improvement Project Plan. After providing a general overview, Chief Operating Officer Jonathan Yeo provided the Council with a presentation of the plan’s highlights. The plan includes:

  • 333 new and continuing projects, funded by a variety of sources
  • $1.2 billion total investment with $193 million during the five-year period (FY2025 – FY2029) and $145 million for the Countryside and Franklin School Building projects to be docketed during the remainder of this fiscal year
  • Substantive changes to the CIP compared to the FY24 Plan approved in June, with 41 Water/Sewer/Stormwater Utilities projects listed separately from the main CIP group
  • 129 projects added:
    • 111 new Public Buildings projects for Newton Public Schools
    • 11 projects for the Parks, Recreation and Culture Department
      • Spears Garden
      • Newton South HS Tennis Court Light Replacement
      • Memorial Playground in Oak Hill Park
      • Captain Ryan Park Improvements
        • Albemarle Playground Resurfacing
        • Newton South HS Tennis Courts
        • Weeks Tennis Courts
        • Coletti-Magni Park Improvements
        • Newton South HS Synthetic Turf Field/Track Replacement for FY2034
        • Newton North HS Tennis Courts for FY2032
    • 5 Phosphorous control projects for the Department of Public Works
      • Albemarle fields
      • Elliott Street DPW Yard
      • Crafts Street DPW Yard
      • Resource Recovery Center
      • Davis Playground
    • 1 project for the Planning Department
      • Christina Street Bridge
    • 1 project for the Fire Department
      • Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus

Mayor Fuller highlighted three issues that the City will face in the coming years:

  • Phosphorus Control: The Federal Government is requiring Massachusetts municipalities to control phosphorus. The Plan for Phase 1 is almost complete. Mayor Fuller pointed out that the City will be facing hundreds of millions of dollars of investments in required work in the coming decades. 
  • Commuter Rail Station upgrades: Mayor Fuller said the City will need millions of dollars of investment to rebuild all three Commuter Rail stations, and the MBTA says that 75% of the design work should be completed this year.
  • Rising Costs of Construction: The sharp increase in construction costs will mean that infrastructure projects will likely take longer to complete.

Watch the presentation on NewTV beginning at 31:17.

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