From Boston.com/yourtown:
Hingham officials are looking for $190,000 from this year’s Town Meeting to pay for a feasibility study on expanding sewer capacity near Exit 15 on Route 3.
Currently, insufficient septic capacity has limited business growth in the area, which a 2009 South Shore Chamber of Commerce report said was poised for expansion.[...]
“This, to me, makes all the sense in the world,” said Selectmen John Riley. “It’s what I consider real smart growth for the town of Hingham. It’s an area that has great potential for development without all the negatives of adverse affects of schools, police, and fire.”
Selectmen Laura Burns agreed that the potential for a higher commercial tax base would be exponentially beneficial to the residents of the town.
“It’s a big project, very exciting,” she said. “What appeals to me is we’re always looking for ways to lessen the impact on the residential property owner of the cost of running the town, and increasing our commercial tax base is one way of doing that.”
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