According the subject of your article, the developer is attempting to build 4 single family homes on a parcel in Concord. The group described is attempting to prevent this from happening using traditional NIMBY tactics like creating unreasonable conditions such as special and costly septic treatment systems.
"Now Quarry North LLC is looking to expand the development onto the Concord side of the property. In June, the developer submitted plans to build *four* single-family homes and one duplex on the 16-acre lot, half of which has already been mined and stripped of vegetation........ .....Now the group is urging the town to require the Rookery Lane developer to find a different option than traditional septic tanks." The article goes on to say that they had identified issues over 20 years ago. "The Town of Concord Comprehensive Wastewater Management Plan of Aug. 21, 2000 recognized the need for sewer treatment in the White Pond area. No action has been taken since due to a combination of finances and resources." If it was so important to them, why didn't they invest in a treatment system to remove the existing problematic polluters instead of worrying about what harm 4 new homes will do? A good question would be whether they require existing homes with failed systems to replace them with the costly alternatives they are demanding of the developer. The project nearing completion along 117 in Sudbury has built its own sewage treatment plant. Typical and reasonable for a development of that size. Building a whole sewer system to be funded by a developer of 4 single family homes is unreasonable. It effectively shows that the committee is trying to obstruct any further building by shifting high costs and standards on to a developer instead of finding a solution over the course of the past 20 years. I have no love for developers. But residents trying to prevent housing from being built to avoid the very problem they themselves created is a real galaxy brain take if you ask me. - Chris On Sat, Sep 10, 2022, 23:46 Sara Mattes <[email protected]> wrote: > 4? 6 in Concord, 274 in Sudbury. > And where is public transit? > > > ------ > Sara Mattes > > > > > On Sep 10, 2022, at 11:41 PM, Chris McCarthy <[email protected]> wrote: > > So they identified issues over 20 years ago and are trying to NIMBY their > way out of allowing 4 more single family homes? Sounds like the development > isn't the problem, it's them. > > - Chris > > On Sat, Sep 10, 2022, 23:35 Sara Mattes <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> ------ >> Sara Mattes >> >> >> >> >> -- >> The LincolnTalk mailing list. >> To post, send mail to [email protected]. >> Search the archives at http://lincoln.2330058.n4.nabble.com/. >> Browse the archives at >> https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/. >> Change your subscription settings at >> https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln. >> >> >
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