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Select Board discusses tightening earth‑removal bylaw and flags data‑center resource concerns
Summary
Board members discussed revising the earth‑removal bylaw to strengthen bonds, fees, peer review, and monitoring; they also debated whether to preemptively restrict or require extra review for resource‑intensive development such as data centers, weighing environmental protection against economic opportunity.
Members of the Lakeville Select Board spent substantial time Dec. 2 reviewing the town's earth‑removal bylaw and debating how to respond to possible resource‑intensive developments like data centers.
The board noted the bylaw (last updated Nov. 8, 2021) contains low administrative fees (cited in the discussion as $200 per acre and $0.15 per cubic yard) and…
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