Weston Water Tank Group Approves Center Road Route With Private $250,000 Contribution

WESTON -- February 11, 2026, Weston's water tank working group voted 2-1 to reroute the Paines Hill access road through the center of the old tank footprint, partly financed by abutters. The Select Board subgroup, chaired by Lise N. Revers, approved the alignment change after abutter Tom Seaman offered to enter a binding written agreement to cover up to 50 percent of the added cost, capped at $250,000, leaving the town on the hook for the remaining estimated $250,000 of the roughly $500,000 change order. Wright Pierce engineer Rob Williamson said the redesign will push the 60 percent design submission back by two to four weeks and extend construction by at least two months. A dissenting vote came from a third board member who called the $250,000 town share too high for what he characterized as a modest visual improvement. In a separate thread, attorney Dan Hill pressed the group on behalf of resident Michael Chasen to explain why the Cat Rock tank is being proposed at 1.267 million gallons and why rehabilitation of the existing steel tank has not been evaluated; OPM Matt Connors said a written engineering response is expected within days.