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Hubbardston planning board questions accuracy of aquifer overlay, urges updated maps
Summary
The Town of Hubbardston Planning Board spent the bulk of its meeting reviewing the sand‑pit/aquifer protection overlay and concluded the town’s map (a 2017 digital recreation of an older map) may not align with current state mapping; members asked staff to pursue updated MassGIS layers, explore grant funding, and report back on timing for bylaw changes.
The Town of Hubbardston Planning Board spent most of its meeting on a detailed review of the sand‑pit/aquifer protection overlay, with the board and its planning consultant concluding the town’s current overlay map may be out of date and should be refreshed.
Planning board consultant Mark Murray said his office recreated an older map and that MassGIS shows a narrower medium‑yield aquifer “finger” running from Pitcherville Road into the pits. Murray said the recreation reflects geologic sand‑and‑gravel deposits and that state mapping now treats some areas differently from the town’s overlay: “This is really just a summation of geological formations,” he said,…
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