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Subdivisions OK'd amid data center fears
Planning Board approves two subdivisions despite residents' fears of further data center growth. From our own coverage: Planning Board rules on 2 subdivisions amid data center fears; CPA panel reviews 13 funding requests for eligibility.
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- Planning Board rules on 2 subdivisions amid data center fears. Lowell's Planning Board considered definitive subdivisions at 90 Bolt Street and 2 Tanner Street as residents warned the lot splits could fuel more Markley Group data center growth, with one saying she can already hear the existing facility a half mile away.Lowell News
- CPA panel reviews 13 funding requests for eligibility. Lowell's Community Preservation Committee worked through 13 applications, from facade repairs on Central Street to a 78-unit affordable housing conversion at the Mass Mills Boiler Building, as the city decides which projects will compete for Community Preservation Act dollars ahead of a November 5 deadline.Lowell News
- Building panel reviews $418 million high school project. The Lowell High School Building Committee lacked a quorum for votes but reviewed foundation waterproofing now about 75 percent complete, a Coburn Hall fire protection redesign, and a $418 million budget with roughly $8.9 million left in construction contingency.Lowell News
- Parks Board approves permits, orders review of field misuse. The Lowell Board of Parks cleared six fall permit requests, including a rally permit for an October 17 voter education event at Jack Kerouac Park, but one member warned adult leagues keep misusing baseball only fields despite about $9 million in recent park upgrades.Lowell News
- ZBA continues variance over improperly posted notice. Lowell's Zoning Board of Appeals found the required notice sign for a 37 West Albert Street variance was never properly posted, leaving members unable to act on the applicants' two car garage addition until the matter returns October 15.Lowell News
- Conservation Board takes up Woburn Street culvert repair. Lowell's Conservation Commission took up an emergency 84-inch culvert repair on Woburn Street after three sinkholes opened there, a wastewater utility's test pit request, and a tree removal permit on Townsend Avenue, while continuing several stalled items, including a years-old complaint on Black Brook Drive.Lowell News
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