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ZBA continues 250 Turnpike hearing after expert briefs on vernal-pool use, developer to study wildlife crossing
Summary
The board continued the public hearing for FD 250 Turnpike LLC after hearing results of a March–April migration study documenting wood frogs and spotted salamanders using a detention basin that now functions as a vernal pool; consultants and peer reviewer will negotiate mitigation, including a possible wildlife crossing under the proposed road.
The Southborough Zoning Board of Appeals continued the public hearing for a proposed comprehensive permit at 250 Turnpike Road on advice from ecological consultants and the board's peer reviewer, after a migration study documented use of an on-site detention basin—now functioning as a vernal pool—by vernal-pool obligate species.
Brian Charleville of Ferris Development Group, representing FD 250 Turnpike LLC, said the developer commissioned Goddard Consulting to run a migration study in March and early April. Ryan Rosene of Goddard summarized the field work: the detention basin “would not meet the qualifications under natural heritage guidelines to qualify as a vernal pool” as phrased in the initial memo, but said the basin currently “functions” as a vernal pool and that Goddard observed…
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