Milton Conservation Commission Approves Milton Academy Parking Lot Renovation With Stormwater Conditions

Conservation Commission · Meeting of July 14, 2026

Milton Conservation Commission clears two environmental projects and advances an eight-month wetlands violation case. The commission voted 4-0 on July 14 to issue orders of conditions for a parking lot rehabilitation at Milton Academy's Faulkner Field complex and for invasive-species removal and ecological restoration at 515 Blue Hill Parkway. Chair John Kiernan and members Arthur J.

Doyle, Thomas Palmer, and Hans van Lingen approved the Milton Academy project, presented by Greg Hockmuth of Epsilon Associates, with a key condition requiring pre-construction soil testing before installation of a 56-chamber subsurface infiltration system; if soils fail to meet Class B permeability, the applicant must return with a redesign. The Blue Hill Parkway order carries a tree-replacement performance standard requiring the sum of removed tree diameters, calculated at roughly 339 inches, to be matched through replanting or a $700-per-tree-equivalent contribution to the town tree bank. The commission continued the 45 Riverside Avenue wetland violation to August 11, directing property owner Ho Nguyen to retain an environmental consultant and produce engineered plans, with Kiernan noting the case has been active since December 2025.

Kiernan also announced a July 28 special meeting at which the Parks Department will present plans to rehabilitate Flatley Field, including a possible artificial turf conversion that may conflict with a 1984 conservation restriction the commission holds on the site.

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Source: the Conservation Commission meeting of July 14, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.