Planning Board Compiles 40B Questions For Miramar

Planning Board · Meeting of October 9, 2026

Duxbury Planning Board weighed eminent domain options and 40B engineering questions for the Miramar property. Chair Kristin Rappe said the town's engineering consultant, Tighe & Bond, must deliver preliminary comments on the Miramar site eligibility review before the board's October 19 meeting, with the town's response due to MassHousing November 5. Members Taylor Doyle and Steve Gandt raised concerns about traffic at the Loring Street and Tremont Street intersection, strain on the public water supply from roughly 100 new homes, and stormwater runoff into Kingston Bay.

Member Matthew Ray, who described himself as a commercial real estate attorney, cited a recent Supreme Judicial Court ruling that "a town cannot take land for eminent domain for the sole purpose of blocking a 40B," as the board considered a Select Board request to help draft a concept plan for a possible town purchase of the property. No votes were taken apart from a 5-0 roll call to adjourn.

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Source: the Planning Board meeting of October 9, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.

Checked against the record: before publication this article was automatically compared with the meeting transcript.