Commission Approves Highland, Bartons Lane Projects

Conservation · Meeting of October 13, 2026

Milton Conservation Commission approved drainage plans for two new houses, conditioning one on rhododendron protection. The board voted 5-0 Tuesday to approve orders of conditions for projects at 120 Highland Street and 26 Bartons Lane. Chairman John Kiernan and members Arthur Doyle, Wendy Garpow, Thomas Palmer and Georgia Lee required engineer Jim DeSalle's client to measure and potentially replace a rhododendron hedge an arborist estimated at "about 75 years old, quite sizable and still quite healthy," while engineer Adam Islam of Boston Civil presented drainage data showing reduced runoff at Bartons Lane across all storm sizes.

The commission also heard resident John David Corey pitch a volunteer restoration of brook-side views near Unquity Road, and continued discussion of a roughly $30,000 enforcement fine, at $300 a day, tied to unpermitted tree removal at 45 Riverside Avenue.

In the full story:

• Certificate of Compliance: 101 Neponset Valley Parkway
• Notice of Intent: 120 Highland Street
• Notice of Intent: 26 Bartons Lane
• Request for Determination of Applicability: 152 Robbins Street
• Conservation Restriction: 88 Milton Street
• Trail Along the Fence at President's Golf Course
• No Parking Signs at Wendell Park (RFP)
• Unquity Green: A Resident's Vista Restoration Proposal
• Enforcement and New Business
• Who Was There
• Organizations And Documents Referenced
• The complete report: 3,059 words

Source: the Conservation meeting of October 13, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.

Checked against the record: before publication this article was automatically compared with the meeting transcript.