Town of Wayland 7/9/12: NStar officials to Meet with Selectmen to Discuss Mitigation Measures on July 18. The special meeting of the Board of Selectmen on Wednesday, July 18 will include a discussion with NStar officials regarding the tree removal and vegetation management program in the easement and right-of-way involving electric transmission lines from Framingham, through Wayland and into Sudbury. Company officials have pledged to negotiate mitigation measures with individual property owners in the Oak Hill and Meadow View Road neighborhood following the completion of the tree removal program and to protect wellheads, safeguard against erosion, and to use approved herbicides next year. NStar officials will appear to discuss concerns about potential future impacts such as erosion, wellhead and wetlands protection, and individual mitigation pledges, as well as the possibility of work beneath other transmission lines in Wayland.

The discussion with NStar officials will comprise a portion of the Selectmen’s meeting agenda and will begin at 7:30 p.m.

Fred Turkington
Town Administrator