Quincy, Milton Pursue $8 Million Grant For Joint 911 Dispatch Center

QUINCY — Quincy and Milton have been awarded an $8 million state grant that will let the two communities pursue building a shared 911 dispatch center, City Hall announced this month, as residents along one Quincy roadway kept up pressure over persistent speeding and late-night drag racing and the city's pension board moved against a former department head.

TOWN HALL The City of Quincy announced July 9 that Quincy and Milton had been awarded an $8 million state grant, which will allow the two communities to pursue a joint 911 dispatch center. The announcement, posted to the city's News Flash feed under Mayor Thomas Koch's administration, did not include a timeline for when the two communities expect to move from planning into construction.

ELSEWHERE IN THE NEWS "Quincy Neighbors Say Weekend Closure Not Enough To Stop Speeding On Winding Roadway: 'It's Constant'" — residents along Wampatuck and Chickatawbut roads say a recent weekend closure has done little to stop speeding and late-night drag racing that they say has plagued the neighborhood for years, per Quincy Patch, with CBS Boston and NBC Boston also covering the complaints this week (read it at https://patch.com/massachusetts/quincy/quincy-neighbors-say-weekend-closure-not-enough-stop-speeding-winding-roadway).

"Patch AM: Quincy pension board strips former elder services chief of retirement benefits" — Quincy's pension board voted to revoke retirement benefits for a former head of the city's elder services department, according to a Quincy Patch morning briefing item (read it at https://patch.com/massachusetts/quincy).