Dozens of neighbors and other town residents have mobilized to oppose the project.
Click here to read the three-page memorandum, which outlined his clients’ objections not only on odor impacts and on procedural grounds, but out of concerns about visual impact, parking, stormwater management, and proximity to wetlands and the quarry.
Letters to the editor on The Edge expressed similar concerns.
Vincent and Goodenough said the facility, largely screened from the road, will employ about a dozen workers, preference will be given to Becket residents, and insisted the facility will have sufficient odor-reduction technology.
Greenwald made the point that if the board closed the public hearing, then it could no longer receive material from the applicant.
“ wrote a long letter,” Ronzio said.