Raising the commercial tax base in Kingston has been an ongoing issue due to the lack of proper sewer services.
WATD’s David Cedrone has the story:
Over the past few years requests for sewer hookups for restaurants, retail spaces, multi-unit housing and office buildings along Route 3 between exits 8 and 10 has grown in Kingston.
The problem is Kingston’s current wastewater treatment facility cannot handle any additional volume.
Kingston tax payers approved a wastewater plant expansion project at the 2019 town meeting.
Kingston’s town treasurer Carl Pike met with the board of selectmen to update them on additional funding that is being used to pay for the project.
Pike told the board that along with low interest bonds that are helping pay for the project, some businesses are offering advanced payments before the project is even finished.
The Kingston sewer expansion project has a price tag of roughly $28 million dollars, some of that has been offset with a $3 million dollar MassWorks grant.
When finished, Kingston’s sewer capacity will double and will increase the commercial and industrial tax base.
