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Charleswood site dust control an ‘ongoing process’

A photo captured during a visit to the Charleswood project driveway on Nov. 14 shows dirt tracked out of the site and onto Hayden Rowe Street. PHOTO/NICK SCHOFIELD

The town is dealing with ongoing issues with dust and sediment being tracked onto Hayden Rowe Street from the Charleswood School project.

According to the town’s conservation administrator, Judy Day, the dust was a “major issue” over the summer. Day has been working alongside the Planning Department and the Department of Public Works to address the problem with the project manager and the general contractor.

“We have brought it up several times,” said Day. “It’s just this persistent issue.”

John Gelcich, the director of Land Use, Planning and Permitting, stated in an email that a condition in the site plan approval and standard conditions in the stormwater management permit dictate how dust and debris are managed at the project site.

The site plan approval states the applicant is responsible for keeping public roadways clear of debris from construction vehicles. The stormwater permit also mandates that erosion and sediment controls be in place to prevent off-site transport.

A further condition requires the installment of tracking pads or other approved feature at any entrance or exit “to reduce the amount of soil carried onto roadways and off the site.”

Day noted that an apron installed at the entrance of the project had been removed recently to prepare for the installation of a temporary asphalt driveway. Crews were set to begin building it this week and had pulled gravel from the existing driveway.

The Charleswood project is not in a conservation jurisdiction, Day explained. However, debris tracked from the site could damage vehicles, cause health issues or result in turbid water runoff, “which is not great,” she said.

Gelcich stated that the DPW, the town’s director of municipal inspections and a third-party consultant are reviewing the project’s compliance with its site conditions on a regular basis.

“It has been an ongoing process to get the construction site to where it needs to be with respect to dust control,” Gelcich stated, “but the inspection team … have been working with the development team to correct these issues.”

— NICK SCHOFIELD

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