Developer seeks cost-sharing and waivers for six-lot Walnut Lane subdivision

Nov 28, 2025

A developer presenting a revised Grace Land plan asked Springfield supervisors to consider cost-sharing or waivers after receiving a $176,000 estimate to improve 950 feet of Walnut Lane; board and staff discussed alternatives that might reduce the developer’s obligation to roughly $100,000–$116,000.

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Representatives for the Grace Land subdivision presented a revised plan on Nov. 25 that would create six lots (five residential and a farmland tract) and requires upgrading about 950 feet of Walnut Lane from a narrow dirt/stone road and constructing a new cul-de-sac.

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