Wayland capital committee deadlocks on $200,000 Holiday Road study

WAYLAND — April 14, 2026 — Wayland's Capital Improvement Planning Committee deadlocked 2-2 on whether to recommend a $200,000 Holiday Road feasibility study. The committee first voted 3-1 that it must take a position on Article 16, co-sponsored by the Select Board and School Committee to study reuse of the 13.72-acre town parcel for a possible school, housing or recreation. Select Board liaison William Whitney walked members through a 10-task scope and said the $200,000 was benchmarked off a roughly $360,000 study at the old Wayland/Sudbury septage site. Chair Kelly Lappin and member Elizabeth Lusky voted no, with Lusky warning the figure was light and Lappin saying residents deserve "a full picture of what it's going to cost them." Vice Chair Bradford Carver and Brian O'Herlihy voted yes. Lappin also confirmed she will not seek reappointment when her term ends June 30.