Nearly 275 Truro residents supported a call to the Select Board to end overspending and overdevelopment in Truro.  According to the petition

“Truro’s current development path is too big and too expensive. We must honor the 2024 Walsh housing caps and build the housing Truro needs, pause large-scale and overpriced capital projects, and protect our water and natural resources. Say YES to calling on the Select Board and Town officials to protect Truro’s people, pocketbooks, natural resources, and rural character. “

Signing the petition affirmed that a signature said “YES to the Truro we love, respect, and want to grow responsibly.”

The petition made a case that

“Truro is on a fast track to become less affordable, not more affordable. If we do not put the brakes on now, the rising debt and taxes, overly-large and unneeded infrastructure, and high-density residential development will permanently harm Truro’s character and health.

Truro can meet Truro’s housing needs responsibly— with up to 160 new units at Walsh, plus the 43 at Cloverleaf coming online soon, and an estimated 30 or more at smaller sites. We support housing that serves Truro residents but cannot absorb the many costs of regional, statewide or national housing demands.

Water first. Truro is also the last source of clean drinking water for both Truro and Provincetown. Protecting our water requires limiting growth – not stopping it – and safeguarding critical areas such as the Walsh Water Protection Area and Truro watersheds. This is a necessity for all life in Truro – not a slogan.

We must move housing, water protection and cost controls forward ASAP with smart planning and at the same time end overdevelopment and overspending to protect what makes Truro unique: our natural beauty, our still pristine water, and our sustainable scale as a small community.”

It is our understanding that the sponsors will forward this petition to the Select Board with signature for the Select Board’s consideration.