Medway is potentially getting a new town hall with a public safety complex (combined fire and police station) on Main Street (Route 109). This new complex would also include new recreational facilities, including a basketball court and pickleball courts. It is intended to replace the
existing town hall on Village Street, the
police station on Village Street (built 1991),
Fire Station 1 on Route 126 (built 1990), and
Fire Station 2 (built 1920) which is located on Village Street behind the town hall. Fire Station 2 will likely be demolished, but the other 3 buildings are planned to be repurposed by the town or a private owner. This new complex is intended to be the catalyst for a revitalization of the Main Street "downtown" area in Medway, which is currently comprised of suburban sprawl and strip malls with huge parking lots. This new town complex will be built on the
Medway Block site, a former industrial property that was
purchased by Medway for $4.5M in 2022. The town complex is estimated to cost $66.8M. There was a lot of support for a new town hall and a revitalized "downtown" during the public comment period for the recent
Medway master plan.
Additionally,
several properties across the street (Mobil gas station, car wash, Burger King, used car dealership, post office) are likely to be redeveloped into a mixed-use development (commercial, retail, and residential) in the near future, as they were
purchased in 2019. Thankfully, town officials have made it clear that a new car dealership will not be permitted as part of this redevelopment, which I'm very glad about.
Both of these developments will help form a little "downtown" for Medway in the 2030s, assuming everything goes as planned. It's too bad that Medway hasn't had any rail service since 1966, and there's basically a 0% chance of it ever coming back. A Commuter Rail station would be great for Medway, sucks that it'll never happen.
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