Wednesday, January 23, 2013
The Tiverton Planning Board is hosting a public workshop on extending the Main Road and Bliss Four Corners commercial districts tonight at 6 p.m.
In an effort to encourage business in Tiverton, the town Planning Department is seeking public input on the expansion of two commercial zoning districts in town. The public workshop will being tonight, Wednesday, Jan. 23, at 6 p.m. at the Town Hall, 343 Highland Road. Residents are being asked for input on the expansion and draft changes to the town zoning code regarding the Main Road and Bliss Four Corners commercial districts. Planning Board Administrative Officer Kate Michaud stated intent of the workshop is to inspire revisions that would allow greater flexibility in boundaries and uses of the commercial zoning districts, reports The Sakonnet Times. A survey on the town Planning Department's website is also gauging resident's views and…
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
The City of Fall River is currently trucking in appoximately 8,000 tons of yard waste and single-stream recycling annually to Site-Ready Materials on Eagleville Road in Tiverton, reports the Sakonnet Times.
The City of Fall River is currently trucking all collected yard waste and single-stream recyclables to Site-Ready Materials on Eagleville Road, according to a Sakonnet Times article. Site-Ready owner Marcello Louro submitted an application for the expansion of their facility located at 322 Eagleville Road in April of 2012. The renovations would increase recycling and other waste materials processing capabilities at the transfer station. According to the Sakonnet Times article, Fall River trucks approximately 3,000 tons per year of yard waste and between 4,800-6,000 tons of single stream recycling. It is unclear, after a Jan. 8 Tiverton Planning Board meeting where the Site-Ready application was discussed, whether recycling is a …
Tuesday, January 8, 2013
The Tiverton Planning Board will discuss the findings of a traffic study that aimed to gauge the impact an expansion of the Eagleville Road waste processing facility would have on the area.
Site-Ready Materials will present the findings of a traffic study to the Tiverton Planning Board tonight and discuss the impact of an expansion on the area's infrastructure. Neighbors are uniformly opposed an expansion at the Eagleville Road waste processing facility, citing smells, noise, litter and increased traffic as major deterrents. Site-Ready Materials is seeking master plan approval of an expansion that includes the construction of two 25,000 square foot buildings that would process up to 1,500 tons of recyclables, municipal solid waste, and construction and demolition debris daily. According to the Site-Ready Material's application for expansion, about 740 trucks would travel to and from the site everyday via Fish and Stafford …
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Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Engineers discussed safeguards that would protect Site-Ready's Eagleville Road location from contaminants if the transfer station is approved. The company will return before the Planning Board on Jan. 8 to discuss the findings of its traffic study.
Almost two hours of discussion on environmental safeguards that would protect Eagleville Road properties and the town's reservoir watershed area from contamination if Site-Ready Materials' transfer facility is approved did little to quell residents' opposition to the proposed expansion on Tuesday night. The Tiverton Planning Board heard from Site-Ready lawyers and engineers who described conceptual facility designs that would contain pollution on site and be subject to stringent approval and maintenance guidelines by the state Department of Environmental Management (DEM). "Our biggest concern is the pollution," said Jeff Nagle, of 330 South Christopher Ave. "Our concern is it getting into our water supply. So when you mentioned that you …
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
The Tiverton-based waste management facility will address environmental concerns over its proposed expansion in hopes to minimize public backlash.
Representatives from Site-Ready Materials, a waste management facility on Eagleville Road in Tiverton, will appear before the Tiverton Planning Board tonight at 7 p.m. at the Town Hall. Tiverton residents oppose the large-scale expansion that will transform Site-Ready from a construction materials provider and composting facility into a solid waste processing facility. According to former Town Council member David Nelson, the proposed development of the property is expected to bring an additional $15,000 to the property tax rolls. Residents argued at two recent Town Council meetings that this increase to the tax rolls was insufficient for the environmental concerns and disruption to their nighborhood that the expansion would generate. "…
Robert E
3:23 pm on Thursday, January 24, 2013
What is this love affair that the DOT has with roundabouts while other states are banning them because they are dangerious RIDOT wants to put them at every intersection. They wanted to put three in portsmouth and the people fought it they wanted to put several in Middletown and they fought them now Tiverton. After they put in the roundabouts they will put a toll on them to pay for upkeep the DOT … more ›