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Uxbridge conservation board flags multiple stormwater and wetland concerns; letters and coordination with other boards planned
Summary
Commissioners reviewed ongoing violations and field observations at Juniper Hill, 195 South Main and 619 Quaker Highway showing detention/retention basins not performing as designed, and agreed to draft violation letters and notify other permitting boards; a fresh clearing behind the courthouse at 261 South Main prompted a separate enforcement letter to the Court Facilities Bureau.
The Uxbridge Conservation Commission debated a string of ongoing enforcement issues that commissioners say are contributing to downstream sedimentation and roadway water hazards. Field reports and video from recent storm events led the commission to conclude several detention or retention basins are not retaining water as designed, and in some cases erosion controls have been overtopped.
Commissioners described two basins in the Juniper Hill/195 South Main development that, during a heavy rain, allowed water to pass from inlet straight to outlet without pooling or detaining. “I…
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