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Board continues Trask Lane hearing, asks peer review of traffic and pedestrian impacts
Summary
The Planning Board continued the public hearing on the Corcoran Trask Lane site plan, reviewed revised plans and supplemental traffic analysis, and asked the city’s peer reviewer to evaluate pedestrian safety and an alternate Manor Road access scenario; hearing continued to Sept. 16.
The Beverly Planning Board continued its public hearing on the 440-unit Corcoran Trask Lane development and asked for further peer review of traffic and pedestrian impacts before moving toward a final decision. The applicant presented revised site plans and an August 7 traffic memorandum that compares operation of the intersections with and without an access easement through Apple Village.
Why it matters: Trask Lane is the largest development before the board and has drawn sustained public comment about traffic, pedestrian safety, construction impacts and open-space commitments. The board asked for an explicit peer review of the alternate access design and its pedestrian safety implications before the next hearing.
What happened at the meeting: Attorney Miranda Samasco (representing Corcoran Trask Lane LLC) summarized the project’s procedural history, noted the August supplemental traffic memo prepared by GPI, and explained that…
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