Blasting Schedule for Boulderwood

In case you missed, here's the general blasting schedule going forward for the residential development in South Peabody.

Blasting started on Wednesday up at the Boulderwood residential subdivision off Bartholomew Street. According to the permit the Fire Department has issued to contractor Explosive Technology, daily blasts may occur Monday through Friday between 9:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. Each blast will be heralded by the sound of an airhorn. There will be three long horns 5 minutes before a blast, two short horns at 1 minute and then one horn to signal "all clear" after a blast. Notices were hand-delivered to homes that directly abut the project both in Peabody and Lynn and legal notices to alert the public to the blasting were placed in local news outlets. The permit also requires a paid detail officer on-site from the Fire Department whenever blasting …

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Dispute Settled, Blasting Set for This Week in South Peabody

Blasting on the site of the 110-home development off Bartholomew Street is slated to begin July 18 and will continue Monday through Friday.

City officials and Lynn developer David Solimine have resolved their differences and Solimine has a green light once again to begin work in earnest on his 110-home development in South Peabody. Activity re-commenced at the site on Monday. Blasting at the site, which is located off Bartholomew Street, is slated to begin July 18. Solimine's blasting contractor received a permit on Friday from the Fire Department, following the resolution of alleged violations that resulted in a cease and desist order from the city last week.  City officials initially stopped work at the site because they said Solimine did not secure a number of permits and provide needed documentation before breaking ground on the project, such as permits for site work, …

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City Issues Cease and Desist Order for Boulderwood

Lynn developer Solimine neglected to obtain construction permits and provide documentation to city before breaking ground on 110-home project.

Boulderwood has hit a wall. City officials issued a cease and desist order yesterday to David Solimine for his massive residential development in South Peabody because they say he did not secure a number of work permits and provide needed documentation before breaking ground on the project. Building Commissioner Kevin Goggin delivered the stop work order Wednesday after inspecting the site himself on July 5 and reporting back to a team of city officials reviewing the project, including the mayor, fire chief, public services director and city solicitor in addition to Goggin. Mayor Ted Bettencourt said the order would be in effect until the violations were resolved to the city’s satisfaction. Those violations included lack of a site work …

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Blasting at Boulderwood? Not Yet

Contractors for the large residential development off Bartholomew Street are working out a plan and permit with the Fire Department for blasting at the site.

If you've heard rumors of blasting set for early next week in South Peabody, rest assured they're not true, says Fire Chief Steven Pasdon. Ward 1 City Councilor Barry Osborne, seeking to briefly update his colleagues Thursday night on the massive residential development now underway off Bartholomew Street, simply made a motion to have the Fire Department keep the council abreast of plans for blasting at the site. He noted that any necessary blasting to clear ledge isn't within 250 feet of residences, which means pre-blast surveys and the like aren't required from Boulderwood developer David Solimine. Osborne said he hopes Solimine won't just clear the entire site at once, but rather piecemeal to coincide with his plans to build about 15 …

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James D

8:51 pm on Saturday, July 28, 2012

Geodetic Survey Markers: I remember two of them set into the rocks in or near Boulderwood. I wonder if they'll be blasted into oblivion. According to Wikipedia, 'These marks are intended to be permanent, and disturbing them is generally prohibited by federal and state law.'   more ›

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Solimine Finally Ready to Build at Boulderwood

Long debated housing subdivision to take shape in South Peabody.

After nearly 15 years of planning, protests and patience, David Solimine, Jr. is finally ready to start building Boulderwood. The site for the controversial housing subdivision is located on 60 acres off Bartholomew Street in South Peabody. Solimine, who owns the land and will develop the project, said Thursday that he expects to begin flagging wetlands and other conservation areas on the property within the next few days, the first step toward the eventual construction of 110 new homes that will partially straddle the Lynn/Peabody line. Once the protection of wetlands is completed, workers will clear trees from future home plots in the densely wooded portions of the land and begin drilling and blasting in the middle of the site moving …

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