FARMINGTON – People will have an opportunity to speak at an information meeting today on a proposed Home Depot store that would be constructed across from Wal-Mart.
The meeting, required by the state’s Department of Environmental Protection, will allow the public to ask questions, said Will Haskell, an engineer working on the project for Gorrill-Palmer Consulting Engineers. Developers and engineers are not required to answer all questions but must take note of them, he said Friday.
“Right now we’re just in the permit document stage,” said Mark Conley, real estate development manager for W/S Development Associates, the developer for The Home Depot. “We’re just at the beginning of the process,” he said by telephone Friday.
Steve Kaiser, code enforcement officer, said the developers met with the Department of Transportation on Thursday to discuss traffic concerns.
Access to the store and associated shopping center would be from Wilton Road across from Wal-Mart. Developers and transportation department employees discussed installing a two-way turning lane in the center of the road to allow for better and safer traffic flow, Kaiser said.
On Tuesday, selectmen will hear about plans for the former Maine Dowel Mill in Fairbanks at their meeting. Developers Buzz Davis and Bill Marceau will be asking the town to apply to the state for a Community Development Block Grant for the project at a maximum of $10,000.
The developers are considering an assisted living facility at the site but are open to suggestions, Davis said Friday.
“We will be getting public input as to what the needs are and the best way to address those needs in the community with respect to real estate development,” he said.
They will be introducing their ideas at the meeting with a conceptual drawing, he added.
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