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As of 8:50 p.m. on Tuesday, December 19, 2023, the percent of customers who are still without power after high winds and rain on Sunday through Monday are significantly reduced for Westwood and some surrounding areas. Westwood, where 27 percent of customers were still out of power late Monday night, December 18th, now has 5 percent of customers still experiencing an outage on Tuesday night.
Shortly before 9:00 p.m. on Tuesday night, Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) estimated that throughout the entire state, 43,662 customers remain without power.
The status of power outages affecting surrounding areas as of 9:00 on Tuesday night, according to MEMA, are as follows:
Medfield 10 percent of customers
Dover 12 percent of customers
Walpole 3 percent of customers
Needham 7 percent of customers
Newton 4 percent of customers
Canton 4 percent of customers
Dedham 1 percent of customers
Sunny, with a high of 91 and low of 63 degrees. Sunny for the morning, partly cloudy in the afternoon and evening, clear overnight.
This needed to happen 5 years ago. But now the real wrangling begins as MPT will fight to get as much $$$ as they can from the state as possible”just compensation.”
I appreciate all of the work and time that the FS1 Steering Committee and Select Board have put into this process. I've also noticed a big difference in communication around this from the town on Facebook and Westwood Wire. This feels like a much different process than the first time around.
Combing the FS1 vote with the general election makes a ton of sense, and in fact, makes me wonder why not do this will ALL elections instead of holding town elections in April?
Just a reminder that you can e-mail the FS1 Committee at FS1Committee@westwoodma.gov with questions/feedback, etc.
Two different votes for the Project?
First one in October for 'site selection, budget, and funding sources' for a new FS1.
Then, a November vote for 'designing, constructing, equipping, and furnishing' of a new FS1.
Seems repetitive.