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Taunton board approves Richmond Pointe subdivision modification with curtain drains and inspection escrow after residents urge caution
Summary
The Taunton Planning Board approved Nov. 6 a modification to the Richmond Pointe Estates subdivision to replace older country drainage with a system of curtain drains, grass swales and two rain‑garden basins, but required outside inspection, an escrow for construction oversight and compliance with the city engineer's technical comments.
The Taunton Planning Board voted Nov. 6 to approve a modification to the Richmond Pointe Estates subdivision that replaces the original country‑drainage plan with a system of curtain drains, grass swales and two rain‑garden/detention basins and allows duplexes on six lots.
Attorney Joseph DeMello and project engineer John D'Souza told the board the design preserves wider lots than the zoning minimum (about 30,000 square feet each), retains swales along both sides of the roadway, and routes collected water through curtain drains into two rear basins that function as wet basins/rain gardens to…
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