Pepperell Planning Board cuts Reedy Meadow bond to $249,458, orders November drainage deadline

PEPPERELL — September 9, 2019 — Pepperell Planning Board reduces Reedy Meadow Estates performance bond to $249,458, orders drainage repairs by November 1. The board voted unanimously Monday to cut the bond — held at Washington Savings Bank at approximately $390,743 — to $249,458 based on Town Engineer Ken Kalinowski's review of remaining work, including road top coat, tree replacements, and drainage basin repairs. Developer Peter Krakonis, who attributed paving delays to a cross-border drainage project involving neighboring Groton, indicated he would separate the Pepperell paving from the Groton section to move forward this fall. Residents of the subdivision pressed the board on school bus access and emergency vehicle safety on the unfinished road; board members acknowledged those concerns but noted plow service and emergency access fall outside the bond framework. The board scheduled a site walk at Reedy Meadow for 6 p.m. on September 23. In other action, the board extended Special Permit SP 2016-02 for 26 Tucker Street by two years, approved two Approval Not Required plans, and unanimously appointed Laura Woodward as the Planning Board's representative to the town's newly forming Affordable Housing Committee.