Woburn City Council Approves $30 Million Fire Station Project

WOBURN, MA — Woburn City Council voted at their recent meeting to approve spending $30 million on a new fire headquarters plus renovations to three stations. The money will be borrowed, with a 20 year term. Fire Chief Stephen Adgate appeared at the Council's Feb. 18 meeting to thank them for supporting the project.

Council had previously approved a petition to the state for a land swap enabling the plan. With state approval, the Forest Park parks and recreation parcel used for the new headquarters would be replaced with equivalent amount of city-owned land converted into parks and recreation land. Hurld – Wyman School land would take the Forest Park parcel's place.

At their Feb. 18 meeting, City Council also approved an amendment to their petition at the request of the Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs.

At the previous meeting, Chief Stephen Adgate said that with the new fire station arrangement, 90 percent of the city would fall under 5 minute response times, versus 80 percent currently.

The full meeting is available here from Woburn Public Media Center.

Christopher Huffaker can be reached at 412-265-8353 or chris.huffaker@patch.com.