Granby Conservation Commission Approves Cold Hill Road Home, Delays Dam Decision

GRANBY — September 9, 2025 — Granby Conservation Commission approves Cold Hill Road home and continues dam replacement hearing to October. The commission voted 4-0 in favor with one abstention Tuesday to approve a notice of intent filed by LJ Development LLC for a single-family dwelling on lot 7 Cold Hill Road, with a formal order of conditions to be signed at the October 14 meeting. A public hearing on the replacement of the Bachelor Brook dam at Forge Pond — a project at 23 and 41 School Street requiring permits from the Conservation Commission, Army Corps of Engineers, and the state Office of Dam Safety before any construction can begin — was continued after engineer David (last name unclear from audio) clarified that a sluice bypass channel flagged by conservation officials is not intended for storm-event water diversion, and that the successful contractor must submit a professional engineer-stamped diversion plan. Bill Shaheen, participating remotely, had warned that a blocked 36-inch culvert under School Street during a storm event "could blow out" the embankment and send sediment downstream. An informational presentation on a beaver removal plan at 81 and 87 Taylor Street, where fewer than six beavers have flooded hay fields and threatened a neighboring home, set up a formal request for determination expected at the October meeting.