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Opposition to Massive Development Plan Heats Up

WAREHAM, MA-A.D. Makepeace's proposal to develop 6,000 acres here, in Plymouth and in Carver--one of this region's largest proposed developments--is going to face fiercer opposition from the Cranberry Country Coalition, a grass-roots group formed to scuttle the project.

By Naomi Grossman | Updated on September 07, 2001

WAREHAM, MA-Opposition to one of this region’s largest proposed developments is growing fiercer as activists and officials from the Cranberry Country Coalition kick off a campaign to fight the company’s plan to develop a 6,000-acre parcel that straddles this town, Plymouth and Carver.

The proposal, put forth by A.D. Makepeace & Co., a locally based developer, includes 3,500 to 6,000 units of housing, approximately 3 million sf of commercial, retail, and office space, a resort hotel and conference center, and four golf courses. The company needs zoning changes for its project to go ahead so a three-town task force was created to deal with the development.

But local activists and town officials object to the proposal because of concerns over density, traffic and lack of open space. “Its utterly ridiculous,” Charles Gricus, director of planning for Wareham, tells GlobeSt.com. “They want a zoning bylaw with no restrictions.” According to a statement released by the Coalition, the parcel on which Makepeace wants to develop its project, “is currently home to globally rare pine barren forests and habitats, cranberry bogs, ponds, rivers and streams, and one of the largest aquifers in New England that directly affects the quality of area drinking water.”

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