Fire Station Plans Bring Thousands in Savings

Hampton Town Manager Fred Welch said the town has received word that the engineering work for the  will cost 5 percent or roughly $18,500 less than the anticipated, town-meeting allowed $370,000 price tag.

The work, which is one of the early steps in the process to get the project off the ground, will cost approximately $351,500, according to numbers provided by Welch Monday night.

Hampton selectmen  authorized Fire Chief Chris Silver to negotiate the engineering contract  because Silver said he thought there would be a cost savings and because it would avoid waiting 45 days for the plans.