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Developers present redevelopment of Highland Avenue and Riverside properties; commission continues review
Summary
Applicants proposed subdividing two lots into three with redevelopment and remediation in riverfront area previously used as a dumping ground; commissioners continued the hearing to Feb. 22 after discussion of tree removal, planting species and stormwater.
Lucas Environmental presented a notice of intent on Feb. 13 for redevelopment and subdivision of property at 40 Highland Ave and 14–16 Riverside Street; the commission continued the hearing to Feb. 22, 2025.
"This project proposes to subdivide those two lots into three lots," Matt Veral, a wetland scientist with Lucas Environmental, told the commission. The filing covers two existing parcels—one with an auto repair use along Highland Avenue and one with a multi‑family dwelling near the Charles River trail—and proposes two residential duplex lots plus retention of the Chestnut Motors parcel.
Veral said an Abbreviated Notice of Resource Area Delineation (ANRAD) and an Order of Resource Area Delineation (ORAD) were completed in 2020 and that the commission later extended the ORAD; the ORAD found portions of the site to be previously degraded by…
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