Assonet Bay Action Committee

We're Not Gaining a Shopping Center We're Losing Our Community!




To All "Stop Payne's Crossing" supporters:

ABAC has received a copy of the Secretary of EOEEA's report on the most recent proposal filed by the developer of Payne's Crossing. The Secretary is requiring the developer to prepare an SSFEIR (Second Supplemental Final Environmental Impact Report). So, it's back to the drawing board for KGI, KRR, and company! This time maybe they will attempt to answer the concerns of:
The Citizens of Freetown
The Freetown Police Chief
The Freetown Board of Selectmen
Mass Highway
Mass Audubon
SRPEDD
Representatives Sullivan, Quinn and Canessa
And Many More.............

More than 250 letters were received by MEPA between December 11 and December 31, expressing a myriad of concerns regarding Payne's Crossing!

Your voices were heard by the State! Congratulations...Great Job!
BE PREPARED....there will be another round!
We'll let you know!
"The Assonet Bay Action Committee"

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IN THE NEWS:

SRPEDD meeting to focus on Freetown development - Standard Times 4/22/2008

Fly ash may still be a threat, report says - Fall River Herald News 4/21/2008

Assonet Bay group dissatisfied with test well monitoring - Standard Times 4/17/2008

Lecuyer seeks recount in close race - Fall River Herald News 4/8/08

Candidates offer views at forum - Standard Times 3/21/2008

Congressman Frank criticizes latest Payne's Crossing plan - Fall River Herald News 1/31/2008

Proposed planning bylaw for Assonet draws residents'support - Standard Times 1/25/2008

Report says fly ash a threat - Standard Times 1/12/2008

State wants another Payne's Crossing environmental report - Standard Times 1/11/2008

State seeks Payne's Crossing answers - Herald News 1/11/2008

Freetown selectmen unhappy with plaza report - Standard Times 12/19/2007

Group to meet tonight on Payne's Crossing - Standard Times 12/18/2007

Payne's Crossing fight far from over, foes say - Herald News 12/16/2007

Payne's Crossing plans scaled back - Fall River Herald News 12/11/2007

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Rally at Assonet Four Corners - April 7, 2007.


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THINK ABOUT IT!
Would you like another 15,000 - 25,000 car trips per day in the Exit 9/South Main Street area? These numbers do not represent a worst-case peak Christmas shopping season, which will increase the numbers significantly!

Are you comfortable with the possibility of fly ash being released into the air during the estimated five years of construction (Fall 2007 - 2011)?

As a resident of Freetown, would you want to look at a retail mega mall on the Assonet Bay Shores instead of natural landscape?

Will the tax revenue generated by this development outweigh the added costs for police & fire infrastructure or will it cost us money?


How Big Is Big?

SOURCE: NewRules.org