New Woburn School Faces 209k Environmental Bill

The construction of the new Hurld/Wyman Elementary School in Woburn will charge the city with additional environmental costs.

A gathering at City Hall on Wednesday determined that the city will be tasked with an additional $190,000 in costs associated with obtaining an Order of Conditions from the state’s Conservation Commission, reports The Daily Times Chronicle. City officials also learned that the state would not be increasing its $14.4 million contribution.

Reports Patrick Blais of the Daily Times Chronicle:

According to Municipal Building Consultants president Patrick Saitta, who is serving as the project manager for the Hurld-Wyman undertaking, local officials had originally estimated it would cost $20,000 for consulting and design services associated with obtaining an Order of Conditions from the Conservation Commission.

About half of those extra expenditures, about $93,000, will be incurred during the building of the new Hurld-Wyman, when contractors will be required to keep tabs on runoff, soil erosion, and water table conditions per the Conservation Commission.

The state was required to obtain such permits due to a farming pond on the site of the school and wetlands located in the northwest portion of the site.

Neither the project manager or the mayor’s office were immediately available for comment.

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