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Needham planning board closes public hearing on 100 West Street project, approves subject to DPW engineering comments
Summary
Developers of the proposed 189-unit, three-story project at 100 West Street presented revised plans addressing parking, sidewalks and rodent control; the Planning Board voted to close the hearing subject to receipt of final engineering comments from DPW.
The Town of Needham Planning Board voted unanimously Oct. 7 to close the public hearing on a continuance for the 100 West Street project — a proposed three-story, 189-unit residential development across from Trader Joe’s — subject to final engineering comments from the Department of Public Works.
The applicant team, led by counsel Tim Sullivan of Goulston & Storrs and developer Greystar, summarized revisions they say respond to board and public concerns. Changes shown in updated drawings included a plan to provide 189 on-site parking spaces (a 1:1 parking ratio), removal of interior parking islands to meet that capacity, a one-foot easement to widen sidewalks for a bike lane, drainage revisions and commitments on construction-period rodent mitigation and delivery routing.
The hearing drew substantial public comment about parking spillover onto neighborhood streets, deliveries, rodent mitigation…
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