Panel approves town demolition at 3 Bacon Street
The Wellesley Wetlands Protection Committee voted to let the town demolish a condemned house at 3 Bacon Street and continued a contested 24-unit apartment hearing.
Wetlands Protection Committee · Meeting of October 1, 2026
WELLESLEY — The Wellesley Wetlands Protection Committee voted to let the town demolish a condemned house at 3 Bacon Street and continued a contested 24-unit apartment hearing. Building Inspector Michael Grant said the town had been "ghosted by four different contractors" before deciding to demolish the property itself, with cost recovery from the owner still undecided between a lien and a lawsuit. The board voted 4-0 for a negative determination conditioned on clean-fill certification.
At 49 Walnut Street, abutter Neil Glick told the committee "the project wouldn't work without any reduction in the units" and said the developer still mislabels a perennial stream, Gabbard Spring, as a "drainage ditch." The committee also closed a hearing on 102 Suffolk Road with a 4-0 vote to issue an order of conditions and continued six other hearings, including a 130-142 Worcester Road multi-unit project and a Boston Gas facility upgrade, to October 22.
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Source: the Wetlands Protection Committee meeting of October 1, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.
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