At the May 11th Town Meeting, voters will be asked to approve a $25.8 million Proposition 2 1/2 Debt Exclusion for the cost of building a new DPW facility, with voters to approve the funding at Town Election on May 19th.

The following update came from Holliston’s town website in mid-April, with more information available on this page, https://www.townofholliston.us/555/New-DPW-Facility:

April 13, 2026

Weston and Sampson provided their schematic design and cost estimates for a new DPW Facility to the Select Board. The total cost of the project is estimated at $48.7 million dollars - including site work, contingencies, soft costs, and construction costs.

•  Watch the recording of the Select Board  at https://tinyurl.com/hollselectboard413 

•  Visit https://www.townofholliston.us/DocumentCenter/View/10377/Holliston-DPW-Presentation-to-Select-Board-...  to read the presentation.

•  Visit https://www.townofholliston.us/DocumentCenter/View/10382/DPW-SD-Cost-Estimate-3-23-26  to view the full schematic design cost estimate.

• The estimated on average single family tax bill will be ($739,398 assessed value ) = $325.33. View more on the impact of the debt exclusion on property taxes at https://tinyurl.com/dpwdebtexclusionimpact. 

In early April, 2026 - Facilities Director James Keast and DPW Deputy Director joined Chryso Lawless for a “Heartbeat of Holliston” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxywwynEzVk) episode that shows the current conditions of the Highway Department facility.

View the DPW Frequently Asked Questions Brochure (9/19/25) (PDF).