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Wells officials identify deed and tax‑map conflict blocking access to sanitary district pump station
Summary
At a select‑board workshop, town staff and the Wells Sanitary District presented survey and deed evidence that a parcel shown on the assessor map falls inside the town right‑of‑way; board agreed to notify the purported owners, remove private parking signs, and pursue physical measures to secure access to a generator serving the pump station.
The Wells Select Board on Nov. 18 heard that conflicting surveys and a quitclaim deed have left a sliver of land at the Webb Hannah Drive pump station listed on the tax map as privately owned — even though deed descriptions and historic surveys place the parcel in the town right‑of‑way. Town counsel and sanitary‑district representatives warned that restricted access has created recurring operational and public‑safety risks for the pump station and its emergency generator.
Town staff said the issue first surfaced when the Wells Sanitary District submitted a 2023 site plan to install an emergency generator adjacent to the pump station. The generator and its boundary plan were approved…
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