{"id":794,"date":"2016-06-03T12:24:08","date_gmt":"2016-06-03T16:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/townunderground.com\/?p=794"},"modified":"2016-06-03T12:24:08","modified_gmt":"2016-06-03T16:24:08","slug":"lt-man-made-wetlands-may-slow-senior-housing-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/townunderground.com\/?p=794","title":{"rendered":"LT: Man-Made Wetlands May Slow Senior Housing Project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From the Londonderry Times:<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/londonderrytimes.net\/2016\/06\/man-made-wetlands-may-slow-senior-housing-project\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Man-Made Wetlands May Slow Senior Housing Project<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"single_page\" class=\"container-full-width\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"container-fluid\">\n<div id=\"container\" class=\"row-fluid\">\n<div id=\"content\" class=\" span8 content-sidebar-right\">\n<article id=\"post-32735\" class=\"post-32735 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-business category-front-page category-londonderry category-news category-nh\">\n<header class=\"entry-header\">\n<div class=\"entry-meta\"><a title=\"4:46 pm\" href=\"http:\/\/londonderrytimes.net\/2016\/06\/man-made-wetlands-may-slow-senior-housing-project\/\" rel=\"bookmark\"><time class=\"entry-date updated\" datetime=\"2016-06-02T16:46:52+00:00\">June 2, 2016<\/time> <\/a><span class=\"byline\"> by <span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" title=\"View all posts by Kathleen D Bailey\" href=\"http:\/\/londonderrytimes.net\/author\/kbailey\/\" rel=\"author\">Kathleen D Bailey<\/a> <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-meta\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-meta\">Man-Made Wetlands May Slow Senior Housing Project &#8211; Londonderry Times <!-- IE6-8 support of HTML5 elements --> <!-- [if lt IE 9]>\n\t\t<script src=\"http:\/\/londonderrytimes.net\/wp-content\/themes\/ifeaturepro5\/inc\/js\/html5.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script>\n\t<![endif]--> <!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v3.2.5 - 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Several berms have been created and water has been sitting in them for two to three years, creating man-made wetlands.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cIf you make a ridge, water can\u2019t get out,\u201d Lewis said. \u201cWhether it\u2019s manmade or not, it\u2019s still a wetland.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">While the manmade wetlands and subsequent aquatic plants are a significant change to the parcel, it is not a do-or-die situation, Lewis said. But, he said, a wetland is a wetland and this will require a dredge-and-fill permit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Lewis said that in the past he would simply knock the berms out and let the water drain out. But this is a Federal project and has stricter standards, he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cEven dumps,\u201d he said, \u201chave to be carefully soil-mapped.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The original plan did not include the manmade wetlands, Lewis reminded the commission. \u201cWe haven\u2019t had to change the plans, but this new soil map will change the process,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">One of the newly-discovered wetlands is out of the way and will not affect the process going forward, according to Lewis.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The project is in three phases, and the first phase should go forward without any issues, Lewis said. But one of the wetlands is in the area mapped out for Phase Two. \u201cIt is by the road and affects a tremendous amount of frontage,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Lewis said he could make the buildings work in the area by raising them one foot above the 100-year floodplain.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">He dealt with a similar situation in Salem, he said. \u201cThere was a lot where the state pulled out material to make the highway,\u201d Lewis said. \u201cThey just left it that way. We went in, regraded it, did some plantings, and ended the neighborhood flooding problem.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">He could do the same in Londonderry, he said, noting that the Sanborn Road piece is a \u201crelatively flat\u201d site, and the \u201cparent soils\u201d are good, he said. The soil beneath the wetland soil is upland soil, Lewis told the Commission.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Chairman Marge Badois asked about a time frame and Lewis said, \u201cThe Federal government moves slowly.\u201d They expect to file the application in 2016, receive the funding in 2017, and begin building in 2018, he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Lewis said, \u201cI just wanted you to know up front that we ran into this. We will have to come in for a dredge-and-fill for an area we didn\u2019t know existed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The Town Council approved the project in January to build affordable senior housing on 13.67 acres of town-owned land. The property is a former junkyard and classified as a Brownfields site.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Lewis has developed similar projects, including Braemoor Woods in Salem.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">He is proposing three buildings with 36 to 40 units each and a community garden, a playground for visiting grandchildren, and trails connecting to the Londonderry Rail Trail. He is applying for Federal tax credits.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the Londonderry Times: Man-Made Wetlands May Slow Senior Housing Project June 2, 2016 by Kathleen D Bailey Man-Made Wetlands May Slow Senior Housing Project &#8211; Londonderry Times A number of man-made wetlands may slow the implementation of affordable senior housing in Londonderry. 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