The School Building Rehabilitation Committee is debating how to resolve an issue frustrating neighbors.
Ten neighbors of the new Avery Elementary School construction site expressed more frustration and disjointed opinions on how the School Building Rehabilitation Committee should deal with a large dirt path behind their homes. Neighbors were pushed over the edge last month when consturction crews cut down about 40 trees without notifying neighbors or even the committee. Homeowners now say their privacy is gone, and each neighbor that spoke at Monday's meeting favors replanting, but they disagree on what to do with the pile. For the first time, the SBRC broached the possibility of extending the dirt path about 300 feet to Walnut Street, which would go behind four Whiting Avenue homes. The idea to extend the path would lower the planned end-…
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Construction crews removed more than 40 trees - with plans for more clear cutting - along backyards as part of the new Avery School project.
Just last week, Jamie Simpson and Denice Kresker had a shaded area to relax next to a pool in the backyard of their Whiting Avenue home. Only now they have a view of an estimated 15-foot high dirt pile along an old railroad bed. But they aren't alone. Eight homes on Whiting Avenue, plus several more on Hazelnut Street, have a mountain of dirt and rocks behind their homes as construction continues on the new Avery School. Construction crews removed close to 40 trees over the past week without the knowledge of the School Building Rehabilitation Committee, which is overseeing the project, committee members told Dedham Patch. More trees were - and still are - on the chopping block, but plans were put on hold until neighbors and SBRC members …
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Smoke & Mirrors
7:29 pm on Wednesday, November 16, 2011
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