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Residents warn board that Prospect Street sale, blasting could threaten aquifer and slope stability
Summary
Residents urged the Board of Selectpersons to halt or rethink plans tied to 100 Prospect Street, saying proposed blasting and development would harm a Grade A aquifer, risk landslides and conflict with the town's plan of conservation and development; the board entered an executive session on the possible sale and took no action.
Residents pressed the Board of Selectpersons on risks tied to a possible sale and development of town-owned land at 100 Prospect Street, warning that blasting and clearing could damage a Grade A aquifer and trigger landslides.
Deborah Alteria, who gave her address as 37 Fulton Drive, told the board the parcel sits "within a Grade A aquifer" and cited the town's plan of conservation and development as calling for identifying and protecting natural resources. "What is blasting the top of that mountain gonna do?"…
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