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Conservation commission clears MBTA/Keolis vegetation management plan with conditions and map confirmation
Summary
The commission issued a positive determination confirming mapping for MBTA/Keolis five‑year vegetation management and a negative determination (exemption) for the work, while specifying conditions and noting the need for safety training to confirm wetland boundaries in one area.
The Norwood Conservation Commission on June 18 granted a determination allowing herbicide and mechanical vegetation management under the MBTA/Keolis five‑year vegetation management plan and confirmed the plan maps for that purpose, while stopping short of confirming resource-area boundaries in the southern section without a safety/site visit.
Matt (representative) described the five-year submission required by CMR 11 and explained that the plan divides the right-of-way into color-coded zones (roadbed treatment, brush treatments, and sensitive IWPA/DE/blue/yellow zones) and restricts brush…
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