Wayland Conservation Commission ratifies enforcement order at Dudley Pond

WAYLAND -- August 20, 2025, Wayland Conservation Commission ratifies enforcement order over unpermitted Dudley Pond construction. Conservation Administrator Linda Hansen told the commission Wednesday that the new owners of 68 Lakeshore Drive built a retaining wall, masonry patio and dock within about six feet of the pond, with part of the patio extending onto a town path. The 4-0 ratification requires a notice of intent for any work within 100 feet of the pond, which covers nearly the whole lot. The commission also closed a redone hearing on Urban U.S. Retail LLC's outdoor-retail conversion at 297 and 311 Boston Post Road; split a tree-removal request at 2 Orchard Lane, allowing two Norway maples to come down but denying a sugar maple and a red oak that Vice-Chair Shannon Fischer said was too healthy to lose ("it's tough to take down a mature, healthy tree"); and accepted $1,855.88 in donated performance bonds to its gift fund.