Select Board moves to shield Wayland from River's Edge traffic costs

WAYLAND -- August 24, 2020, Wayland Select Board moves to shield town from future River's Edge traffic-mitigation costs. At Monday's meeting, newly elected Board of Public Works Chair Michael Wegerbauer used public comment to warn that current easement language leaves the town exposed if the mixed-use development triggers the need for a traffic signal or other Route 20 fixes, citing the roughly $300,000 spent upgrading the Five Paths intersection. Town Administrator Louise Miller said a TEC traffic study found no immediate conflict with the transfer station access road but flagged that "actual future queue lengths may conflict" once the project opens; she recommended addressing it in the Land Disposition Agreement with a defined post-occupancy review window. Chair Carol B. Martin and member Thomas J. Fay backed a 12- to 24-month trigger after final certificate of occupancy. The board, meeting 4-0 with Vice-Chair Doug Levine absent, also approved the annual report, the Aug. 10 minutes and a Cable Advisory Committee survey, and designated member William Whitney to help interview nine finalists for assistant town administrator from a pool of about 45 applicants.