Wilmington To Spend $7 Million ARPA Funds On Water Work, More

WILMINGTON, MA — Wilmington is set to spend its just over $7 million in American Rescue Plan Act relief funds on water work, business grants and more, after the Board of Selectmen approved Town Manager Jeffrey Hull's recommendations Nov. 22.

The American Rescue Plan Act provided $350 billion in funding to local communities.

Wilmington's funds will be spent on:

• $5.5 million to replace the water line on Woburn Street from the Woburn Street School to Lowell Street. This is an original, old line, and will be upgraded from a 10-inch line to a 16-inch line, Hull said.
• $1 million to replace 200 catchbasins
• $50,000 for contact tracing
• $300,000 for grants for facade and streetscape improvements along the Route 129/Route 38 Corridor.
• $50,000 for branding and marketing for town businesses, particularly along that corridor.
• $100,000 for grant administration.

The full meeting is available here from WCTV.

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