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irk is approved
Questions'of flood cnntral and.adequate
water supply wefe ,:raised ly the,Planning
Board Monday night:before apprnvtng a road
to connect the North Andover'BusiRess Park
to:Rt. 125.
Developers Henlarnin Osgood and Robert
Webster needed P1atning Board approval to
extend Willow St at Rt, 1]44hrougl a wood.
ed site out to Rt. 125 near.,aillside_',Rd The
new industrial park'wall accamrnodate nine
industrial sites
W..ebster appeared with inns attorney and
engineer to answer;the board's questions
Bngneer Robert Carter addressed the flood
control issue:first. He assured the;board that 5
installing a culvert with a`trap door" drain
which would close in high water situations
would handle the "i110 year" flood depths. .
which occur'infrequently
Town Planner Karen Pommy brought up
the issue of adequate water.pressure; Several
board members said „they feel ihat..tiie
developer should be responsible far:Insuring
that the water pressure is :sufficient A'
Andrew.Caffrey lr , representing 1Nebster..,
asked if there were same printed' data
available so that his:clients might know what
the actual volume needed 'was Fire Chief
William Dolan answered. that the volume
needed would be determined by a flow test
done after tie pipes were,in.staI ' Irkforma
tion on the size and number'of buildings sari
structed on,the nine:.lots would be, needed -'
determine +whether the volume of;water pro,
duced would be adequate to both service the
buildings and extinguish fires, he explained;
Bather than list speaifre.salu fin,6 1n the
event of insufficient pressure, the,baarl
decided thatthe 12 in till be installed
as per the plan and then tested
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