Fall River receives $1M MassWorks Infrastructure Program grant

FALL RIVER – The city received a $969,100 MassWorks Infrastructure Program grant on Monday for its Commerce Drive Water Main Loop project.

“This is a significant award for infrastructure improvements that will help existing tenants in our business parks as well as accommodate growth for new businesses looking to move into Fall River,” Fall River Office of Economic Development Executive Vice President Kenneth Fiola Jr. said in a statement.

Fiola was in attendance for the announcement of the grant award from the state Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development.

The city requested funding for the project, which will expand water infrastructure from Commerce Park into the Life Science and Technology Park. The project also will complement Amazon.com Inc.’s million-square-foot distribution facility slated to open late next year, as well as other new businesses interested in locating in Fall River’s business parks. The project will promote private development projects and promote economic development by creating jobs, expanding business and developing a healthy economy and stronger tax base, according to a news release from the city.

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Mayor C. Samuel Sutter said the city is working hard to provide a pro-business environment.

“By completing the Commerce Drive Water Main Loop Project, we are providing the best services we can to existing businesses as well as business interested in locating in Fall River,” Sutter said.

The water main in Commerce Drive now ends near Millstone Medical Outsourcing, approximately 3,200 feet from the new booster pump station. The existing water main in Innovation Way ends at the isolation valve at the Fall River/Freetown line, approximately 8,000 feet from the new water storage tank.

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