As Canton nears completion on constructing of a firehouse in the Collinsville section, voters recently decided to finalize the old firehouse’s demolition. Destroying the old firehouse has been planned since 2021, when residents approved the Canton Volunteer Fire and EMS Department’s new firehouse and associated construction in a referendum, which included razing the old facility located at 50 River Road next door to where it will be built. With a project cost at $5,400,000, the approximate cost of this new debt to a taxpayer owning a median assessed house in Canton ($255,100 assessment) would be $85.41 for the first year, decreasing slightly annually thereafter over the 20 year life of the bond, according to the town. In November 2021, the new firehouse vote was passed by residents by 2,061 to 834.
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