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College dam repair plan draws technical questions; hearing continued to allow responses
Summary
Mount Wachusett Community College’s Old West Pond dam restoration plan, including a proposal to lower the pond and install a culvert, prompted detailed technical debate over substrate, culvert sizing, fish passage and scour. The commission continued the hearing to April 28 to let the proponent respond to DEP and clarify design options.
The Gardner Conservation Commission continued a joint public hearing on Mount Wachusett Community College’s Old West Pond dam repair and ecological restoration project after detailed technical discussion about water-level management, culvert design and aquatic habitat.
Dennis Bell, consultant for the college, described a plan to draw the pond down roughly 5 feet, converting parts of the current pond into wetland and reducing open-water acreage from about 5 acres to roughly 2.3 acres. The plan includes a new outlet culvert and streambed…
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