Select Board OKs $6.4 million public safety borrowing plan
Town News Brief _ · Meeting of October 6, 2026
Tyngsborough Select Board splits 3-2 on $6.4 million public safety building borrowing plan. The board recommended a special town meeting warrant article seeking to borrow $6.4 million to buy and begin designing a joint police and fire building at 100 Potash Hill Road, the former Lowell General Hospital site, with $4.95 million earmarked for the purchase alone. Renovation costs are not yet included; architects are still finalizing that estimate, expected around the October 19 Select Board meeting.
The article needs a two-thirds vote at the October 27 special town meeting, then a December 5 special election to authorize the borrowing. Separately, the board found a revised Kendall Road assisted living and independent living development, which now removes planned cottages and restores a "150-foot buffer" to the neighborhood, compliant with the site's development agreement, though it still awaits town permitting.
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Source: the Town News Brief _ meeting of October 6, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.
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