Weymouth Council Authorizes $5 Million Road Bond, Approves Union Point Financing District

WEYMOUTH -- June 2, 2025, Weymouth Town Council approves $5 million road bond and creates Union Point financing district. The council voted unanimously Monday to borrow $5 million to continue the Pave the Way paving program, targeting Middle Street, Central Street, Lake Street, Torrey Street, and Tower Avenue, with sidewalk replacements on all named roads. A separate unanimous vote closed a public hearing on a District Improvement Financing designation at Union Point under MGL Chapter 40Q, with Town Solicitor Richard McCloud telling the council the tool "does not create a new tax or special assessment on the residents of this town." Attorney John Tuig of New England Development reported the state has committed up to $35 million in Weymouth infrastructure funding for calendar year 2025 and that a long-awaited MassDOT access permit covering 54 intersections was recently approved, the first valid state access permit for the project in more than 10 years. The council also approved a $15,800 Community Preservation Act grant from the Historic Preservation Reserve Fund, which held a balance of $445,238.16, for restoration of the 1902 Hutchings-Votey pipe organ at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Weymouth after the Budget Management Committee reversed an earlier 4-1 unfavorable vote.