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Commission approves amended Maldenwood subdivision conditions, reducing road width and replication area
Summary
The Conservation Commission approved amendments to the Maldenwood subdivision order of conditions on July 21, allowing a reduced roadway width (28 feet to 24 feet), a smaller wetland replication area, and updated phasing and monitoring requirements; staff supported the change because it lowers resource-area impacts.
WORCESTER — The Worcester Conservation Commission approved an amendment to the Maldenwood subdivision’s existing order of conditions on July 21, accepting a narrower roadway, reduced impervious area, and a smaller wetland replication area while imposing updated phasing and monitoring requirements.
Attorney Mark Born represented Whippoor LLC and described the proposed changes: a decrease in travel‑way width from 28 feet to 24 feet reducing impervious surface by 2,304 square feet, the addition of a couple of catch basins to improve stormwater handling, and a reduction of the previously-approved wetland replication area from roughly 347 square feet to 41 square feet. The applicant also asked the commission to…
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