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CONCORD, N.H. (WBZ NewsRadio) — Town officials are at odds with an acting contractor who has been using land in Concord as an area to store soil and other materials for a construction project.
According to officials, the company has violated their deal with the town by exceeding the area of land agreed upon to be used at an open field on Elm Street, coming within 100 feet of a wetland buffer zone, which requires special approval according to state law. Some residents say the issue is creating an aesthetic problem for the area.
"Major mounds of earth, big chunks of granite," one resident said.
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The Concord Bridge reports that the deadline for the firm to vacate the property and restore it to its original condition expired earlier this month. A license from the town was originally granted to the contractor in November of 2022. While the issue is flying under the radar of some residents in the area, others say they have a problem with the parcel of land being used as a storage area for the project.
"People are pretty cranky over it," according to one local.
Some residents would rather see the land used for something else.
"They should just make an exit from 2A to route 2 because that backs up the rotary," one local said.
WBZ NewsRadio’s Chris Fama (CFamaWBZ) reports.