A drainage easement proposal that would advance the town’s plans to repave Limekiln Road will be discussed at a public hearing Wednesday, Aug. 19, at 7:30 in town hall’s lower level conference room.
Under the easement Anthony and Carol Turner would allow the town to build an underground drainage system on a part of their two-acre lot, facilitating the disposal of storm runoff.
After Wednesday night’s hearing, the proposal is scheduled for Town meeting on Wednesday, Sept. 2, at 7:30.
The goal is better drainage.
“Limekiln is earmarked for resurfacing,” Town Public Works Services Director Peter Hill told the Board of Selectmen in June, when the easement plan was discussed.
“We have an area between Linden Road and Lee Road that creates a puddle, quite a big puddle,” Hill said.
“We want to eliminate that.”
Before approving the easement to go to hearing, Selectman Maureen Kozlark asked if the town, by putting in a drainage system, might not risk being accused of creating a water problem elsewhere.
“It’ll go into a wetlands that acts as a filter,” said First Selectman Rudy Marconi.
“It’s an ideal spot for the drainage to go, and he’s willing to give us an easement,” said Hill.
“We’re not just putting a pipe in,” he said, “We’re putting in a storm drain with a sump.”
Documents for the proposed easement agreement are available for review by the public on the Town website, and in person at the first selectman’s and town clerk’s offices in town hall.
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