Rt 36 Landowners unaware, eminent domain takings coming

The Town of Pembroke was supposed to notify each and every landowner along 2.06 miles of Route 36 that a Commonwealth of Massachusetts highway project hearing was scheduled October 23, 2013, the same evening as baseball's World Series opening game featuring the region's own Red Sox team.
224 residents should have been told about the undertaking and the Town's intention to take land by eminent domain if property is not voluntarily surrendered.



 Of the 11 people who came to the meeting, three were politicians: Lew Stone, Dan Trabucco, and Josh Cutler.

Only 67-yr-old Roger Rehs of 432 Center Street spoke, saying that the project would make his already steep driveway impassable.

Commonwealth engineers showed a map of  27 proposed permanent easements, a proposed 60 or more temporary construction easements, and other proposed changes to land on both sides of the street.

The entire event took less than 30 minutes.
Chief engineer Patricia Leavenworth will accept comments from landowners and others for ten days only, and the clock started ticking at the October 23rd presentation.

Concerns and comments sent after November 2, 2013 will be banned from the official hearing transcript.

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