Planning board issues final approval for earth‑excavation permit amendment on Route 9

The Keene Planning Board voted to issue final approval for PB‑2024‑20, an earth‑excavation major amendment and hillside protection conditional use permit for two properties at 21 and 57 Route 9. Planner Megan Fortson told the board the applicant had satisfied six precedent conditions — owner signature on plan sets, submission of five full‑size paper copies and a digital copy, posting a security for sedimentation/erosion and stormwater controls, payment of outstanding third‑party consultant fees, submittal of required state and federal permits, and adding approval numbers and waivers to final plans.