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Commission ratifies emergency certification to breach beaver dam after flooding threat to sewer lines
Summary
The commission moved to ratify an emergency certification allowing crews to breach a beaver dam near Mahoney Brook after Department of Public Works reported risk of inundation to sewer infrastructure; staff said equipment was deployed on the 15th and water levels have fallen.
A staff member told the commission that the Department of Public Works requested an emergency certification to breach a beaver dam near Chance Street and the Brook area to prevent inundation of sewer lines. The request covered wetlands around Mahoney Brook near the large cross depot at Matthews off Bennetts Creek Road.
The request matters because the beaver dam was reported in close proximity to multiple sewer and water lines, creating a risk that rising water would inundate buried infrastructure. "In order to prevent inundation of the sewer lines, the DPW requested a, emergency certification to be able to breach said dam and lower…
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