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Select Board backs ZBA request to press Taunton for LeBaron Hill waterline extension
Summary
The Lakeville Select Board on June 24 signaled consensus to back a Zoning Board of Appeals request that the Taunton Water Department extend a waterline through Fern Avenue for Phase 6 of the LeBaron Hill development and not require a “watergate,” a change homeowners say would improve pressure and let each property be metered individually.
The Lakeville Select Board on June 24 signaled consensus to back a request from the Zoning Board of Appeals asking the Taunton Water Department to extend a municipal waterline through Fern Avenue to Precinct Street as part of Phase 6 of the LeBaron Hill development — and to ask Taunton not to install a watergate that would preserve a master-meter arrangement.
The Zoning Board memo, read into the Select Board record, said the extension and keeping the line active “would improve the pressure and quality of the water system that runs through the entire LeBaron community” and that homeowners were prepared to upgrade their individual meters to meet Taunton’s specifications at their own expense.
The board’s discussion centered on practical and regulatory consequences. Town Administrator Andrew (identified…
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