Most meetings in Provincetown are held in person, typically with an online-attendance option. Click on the meeting you want to attend on the calendar at provincetown-ma.gov for a link to an agenda and details. All meetings are at Town Hall unless otherwise noted.
Thursday, Aug. 7
- Council on Aging, 10 a.m., Veterans Memorial Community Center
- MacMillan Pier Commission, 4 p.m.
- Zoning Board of Appeals, 6 p.m.
Monday, Aug. 11
- Select Board, 6 p.m.
Tuesday, Aug. 12
- Licensing Board, 5 p.m.
Wednesday, Aug. 13
- Coastal Resiliency Advisory Board, noon
- Harbor Committee, 2 p.m.
Thursday, Aug. 14
- Board of Assessors, noon
- Planning Board, 6 p.m.
Conversation Starter
Sewer Update
At the July 28 select board meeting, DPW Director Jim Vincent presented updated timelines and cost estimates for the town’s sewer expansion. Construction on a satellite wastewater facility to be built on the soccer field next to Route 6 should begin next spring and last about two and a half years, Vincent said. The neighborhoods along Race Point Road and Nelson Avenue, north of Route 6, should be connected to the sewer during mid-2027.
Town officials have said they want to extend sewer lines to that neighborhood as soon as possible so that housing can be built on a .9-acre trio of parcels on Nelson Avenue that the town bought in 2023. Under current rules, 18 units can be built there, but once sewer lines are available the town could build 48 to 60 units, Town Manager Alex Morse told the board in July 2023.
The total cost to expand the sewer system townwide has risen since voters endorsed that plan at a special town meeting in 2022, Vincent said, from $75 million to around $85 million. It is still the plan for $25 million of that total to come from state and federal programs, Vincent said, and for $45 million to come from “betterment” fees paid when new users hook up to the sewer, with $5 million coming from special state taxes and rooms tax revenue.
Vincent floated a few options for the extra $10 million, including an earmark from Congress, a new user fee levied on all system users, or cutting some “high cost, low return areas” out of the plans. Some streets, such as Atkins Mayo Road, will cost a lot to sewer completely, Vincent said. —Paul Benson
