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Planning board continues review of 10 Plain Street megaproject after fiscal, stormwater and traffic studies
Summary
The Braintree Planning Board continued its review of a proposed $230 million redevelopment at 10 Plain Street — a 752-unit MBTA-zoned apartment project — after peer reviewers flagged school, stormwater and traffic issues; the board set a continuation for Dec. 9 to allow further analysis and MBTA coordination.
The Braintree Planning Board on Nov. 12 continued a high-profile public hearing on a proposed $230 million redevelopment at 10 Plain Street, telling the developer and peer reviewers to return on Dec. 9 with additional analyses on floodplain elevations, stormwater modeling and a rail-crossing diagnostic review.
The project would convert a large former manufacturing site into market-rate and affordable rental housing across two phases (Phase 1: 427 units; Phase 2: 325 units; total about 752 units). The developer and its consultants presented revised stormwater designs, traffic analyses and architectural updates; independent reviewers described a net positive fiscal outcome for the town but noted several areas that need further documentation.
Why it matters: independent fiscal reviewer Carl Seidman, retained by the town, said the project is likely to generate a net positive fiscal contribution but estimated a lower net range than the developer: "I estimate a net fiscal impact somewhere between 733,000 and…
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