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abcde__edcba t1_izgqhix wrote

Reply to comment by r2d3x9 in Residents ‘Horrified’ Over Proposed Solar Farm Near Waltham/Lexington Line by ak47workaccnt

I live in a town not to far from this place, but far enough not to have any skin in this game though.

We have a tree replacement fund, very well funded actually. Everytime a tree is taken down from public/protected land, say because it's grown too much and gotten too close to a cell tower, or working on utlities kills a public tree nearby because it damages too much of the roots, the city can use these funds to plant 4 new trees to replace it. Problem is, the town does not have any land where it can plant new trees anywhere because they're already filled up with trees.

People in town loved the idea of the fund and gladly passed the bylaws to get it setup up and passed the bylaws to enforce the rules, etc, etc, etc. But no one asked if it was possible to acutally plant any trees anywhere.

Well, what about in sidewalks? It's one of those towns with barely any sidewalks, and utilities run either under or above the few places where you can find those sidewalks.

Net result every time such a tree is taken down? Negative.

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hvdc123 t1_izhrqoj wrote

It seems like all of your posts with links aren't visible. They had some great information so it is a shame they're gone. I can see then when I look at activity from your username but not in the thread.

Anyway, it seems like the company bought up a property as a contingency plan for access. They apparently were in negotiations with the City of Cambridge to use an existing path off Trapelo but they fell apart. Lots of detail in the Appeals Court case. Tough situation, the construction will be incredibly disruptive and the company took it to court when other alternatives for access were possible.

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abcde__edcba t1_izkhvpz wrote

Yes, the links were direct links to the PDF docs themselves, they blocked those.

But you can still get to them via Lexington's website. If you go to https://lexingtonma.viewpointcloud.com/records/67918 then click on the "Files" tab, you'll see a list of documents you can download. Two of the ones I had linked to earlier are "Project Narrative" (and other links seem to open this same pdf), "Drainage Analysis and Stormwater Management Plan" has maps and 177410LT006-Certified.pdf which has very detailed drawings, maps and legends.

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