The Freetown Soil Board had a so-called hearing on the CCA quarry permit renewal in October of 2011. They allowed 2 people to speak for 1 minute each. The Chairman of the Board also tried to stop a citizen from recording the hearing. The right to record public meetings is guarenteed by MA State Law. You can see the entire 6 minute meeting on You Tube. The Board then voted by verbal vote to not only renew the permit, but to renew it for 3 years instead of 1 year.
Residents are getting blasting damage to their homes form the quarry blasting. One resident had a broken window. Amother said her in-ground pool is so full of cracks that she can't use it. She now has a foundation crack in her basement and flodding through the crack. She has lived in her home for 27 years and never had any cracks before now. A second resident also has a cracked foundation with basemnt flooding. Two other residents have cracks in interior walls.
Residents are now sueing CCA. As a result of that suit, the court has ordered the Freetown Soil Board to hold a new public hearing because the October hearing was done so poorly. The new hearing will be held on Monday, April 2 at 7:00 pm at the Council on Ageing at 227 Chace Road in East Freetown.
Please come to the hearing and speak out against blasting damage.
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
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