Special Town Meeting on Garage, Roads Projects is Thursday Night

On Thursday May 9, the town will hold a special town meeting on two projects set for referendum later this month. The meeting takes place at 7 p.m. in the Canton High School Auditorium.

Among the projects that will be up for the consideration at the May 22 vote are whether the town should spend up to $5.4 million on a new Public Works garage project at 325 Commerce Drive and if it should spend $6 million on road projects. 

At the meeting, residents will hear presentations on both projects and can then make comments or ask questions. 

The questions will be separate on the ballot (along with the town's budget) and voters will say yes or no to the idea of bonding for the projects, which is essentially the town's way of borrowing money and paying it back with interest over time. 

The referendum questions are as follows. 

• "SHALL THE TOWN OF CANTON APPROPRIATE $5,400,000 FOR ACQUISITION OF THE SITE FOR AND DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION AND EQUIPPING OF A MUNICIPAL HIGHWAY GARAGE; AND AUTHORIZE THE ISSUE OF BONDS AND NOTES IN THE SAME AMOUNT TO FINANCE THE APPROPRIATION?"
  
• SHALL THE TOWN OF CANTON APPROPRIATE $6,000,000 FOR ROADWAY AND DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS AND REHABILITATION; AND AUTHORIZE THE ISSUE OF BONDS AND NOTES IN THE SAME AMOUNT TO FINANCE THE APPROPRIATION?