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🌱 Patch AM: Westborough Advances I-495/Route 9 Gateway Initiative With Southborough

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Thursday April 30th Patch AM (Patch graphic)

Good day Westborough! We're here again with what you need to know today. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☕️️

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In today's newsletter:

  • Westborough seeks input on future of Route 9 and I-495 gateway
  • New state funds boost Westborough’s Jackstraw Brook flood-control project

Also on today's calendar: Career Fair at Advocates and 15 more events.

Today's riddle: What gets wetter & wetter as it dries? 🤔 (Answer below!)


Weather forecast:

  • Thursday: A.M. rain; otherwise, cloudy, with a high of 58 and low of 42 degrees.
  • Friday: Mostly sunny, temps: high: 60, low: 42.
  • Saturday: Some sun with a shower or two, with a high of 57 and low of 42 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Westborough Advances I-495/Route 9 Gateway Initiative With Southborough (patch.com) — Westborough is teaming up with Southborough to shape the future of the busy I-495/Route 9 gateway, with new zoning ideas and an economic development strategy centered on Westborough’s commercial corridor. Town officials are reaching out to local property owners, planning a May 12 stakeholder meeting in Westborough, and weighing funding options, including a state grant, to build on recent Route 9 safety and traffic improvements.    

• Westborough Jackstraw Brook Project Tops $160K In State Funding (patch.com) — Westborough has secured an additional state grant for the Jackstraw Brook Culvert Replacement Project, bringing total funding above $160,000 to tackle flooding and infrastructure issues near Morse Street, Upton Road and Route 135. The work will replace undersized culverts, improve water, sewer and stormwater systems, and restore habitat along the brook, with construction targeted for completion by May 2026.    


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