Framingham water project definitely dead

The Framingham water project is officially dead.

The community ran into controversy this fall after officials there attempted to rush an environmental review of a plan to reactivate old drinking water wells and build a water treatment plant in order to get federal stimulus funds.

Late last month, state Energy and Environment Secretary Ian Bowles said the project needed far more study before he would sign off on it. He also questioned the overall wisdom of it. Here's a link to that post.

On Nov. 2, Framingham's public works department released a short note: This notice shall serve to inform all interested parties that the above referenced project has been placed on hold, indefinitely. Therefore, procurement number PW160 has been officially cancelled. There are no plants to re-activate this procurement in the near future.

I meant to post this earlier, but forgot.