Since the July 22 County Board meeting, the Rebuild Wakefield Committee has been fielding responses from our active citizens group and the County Board. Thanks again to everyone who reacted so quickly last week to the County Board's vote. It is clear the County Board will continue to spin their message that their vote was a "win" for Wakefield since it does not alter the construction timeline.
We are pleased the construction timelines have not changed. However,we want to reiterate to our community that the County Board did make a significant change to the CIP: They delayed the 2010 bond referendum into 2012. Based on typical timelines and the painfully slow design process currently underway, the 2010 bond was extremely important to the staging and momentum of the Wakefield project. Without it, there is a real risk of construction timeline delays resulting from the process. We feel it is important for concerned citizens to be aware of the competing messages from the County Board and why we worked so closely with the School Board to move the bond into 2010. If you have any questions on this, feel free to email us or post a comment to thelog (note: the blog is now accepting anonymous posts. This function was turned off; we apologize).
Also, please watch for updates this week on the current challenges Wakefield is experiencing with the conceptual design process. We may need help yet again! In the meantime, read The Arlington Connection article that seems to capture the 2010 issue fairly well.
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