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Third public hearing slated for March on Salt Pond subdivision prosposal
The Weekly Packet
|February 20. 2025
The nine-lot subdivision proposal located on the blueberry barrens on the Salt Pond road will have its third, and likely last, public hearing on Wednesday, March 12. The hearing will be limited to any new materials that have been submitted since the last public hearing in August, which include a third-party review of stormwater management, erosion control and sufficient water for wells.
The hearing will mark one-year since the application was received by the board in March 2024. The developer is Geoff Bowley who operates Bowley Builders in Kennebunk. Bowley bought the 38-acre property in 2023 for $949,000.
In a phone interview, Bowley said the planning board process “is going well.” He added that he and the civil engineer for the project, Michael Tadema-Wielandt, have followed all the steps outlined by the planning board and provided all supplemental information requested.
The Blue Hill planning board determined that the application was complete at its February 12 meeting. No public comment was permitted.
This story is from the February 20. 2025 edition of The Weekly Packet.
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