Stoughton Awarded $2.4 Million Grant For Sewer Expansion

STOUGHTON, MA — Stoughton was awarded a $2.4 million grant from Gov. Charlie Baker's administration to expand the sewer system into Campanelli Business Park and surrounding commercial and residential areas along the Park Street corridor.

The grant was part of the 2020 MassWorks Infrastructure Grant program, a competivie application process that awarded money to just 36 of the 100 projects submitted.

Town Manager Robin Grimm said the project will activate nearly $36 million in proposed building expansions for commercial and industrial uses. In addition to eliminating dependencies on septic systems, the project is expected to accelerate over 200,000 square feet of proposed building projects and create an estimated 240 new permanent jobs across five commercial and industrial properties.

In June, Town Meeting voted to approve $7.5 million to pay for the project's construction with an understanding the town would apply for all appropriate grants. Grimm said Town Engineer Marc Tisdelle spearheaded the completion of this grant and took an active role in preparing the application, along with his assistant Craig Horsfall and their engineering consultants, Environmental Partners Group.

Grimm said she was also appreciative of the support the project received from members of Town Meeting along with members of the Select Board.

"This is a tremendous day for Stoughton as this grant not only significant funding for the project, but also indicates that the governor’s administration recognized the critical need to develop our infrastructure as we look to grow our commercial and industrial tax base," Grimm said in a statement. "I would like to thank the Baker-Polito Administration and all its staff who reviewed all the projects for believing in this project."

Grimm also thanked state Sen. Walter Timilty and state represenatives Louis Kfka and William Gavin for their support.

"This is what happens when we work together as a community," added Select Board vice Chair Stephen Cavey. "At each step along the way, town staff, town leadership, members of governmental boards and committees, town Meeting members and the citizens of the town asked the right questions, pursued realistic opportunities and had faith in one another to do what is in the best interest of the whole community."