Conservation Commission approves Sudbury's 2025 Chapter 90 paving program for seven roads

SUDBURY -- May 19, 2025, Sudbury Conservation Commission clears 3.4 miles of paving and a Sudbury Water District well replacement. The commission unanimously approved the Department of Public Works' 2025 Chapter 90 paving program covering seven roadways, including Dutton, Candy Hill and Church streets, and authorized Conservation Coordinator Lori Capone to sign the environmental punch list. Director of Public Works Tina Revard said milling and repaving will begin the week after July 4 and run roughly three weeks. The commission also closed the hearing on Sudbury Water District's replacement of 1964-era Well No. 5 at 15 North Road, contingent on a revised dewatering and stockpile plan by May 23, and waived the town's $537.50 filing fee. Commissioner Mark Sevier pushed the project team to add the standard discharge pad detail to the drawings: "You got a detail." The commission also recommended against exercising a $450,000 right of first refusal on a one-acre parcel at 136 Hudson Road, citing no compelling conservation rationale.