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Every major factual statement on this site traces back to one of the sources below. Filter by category or search by title or publisher.

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  • Sources are drawn from Town of Lakeville records, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, federal agencies, railroad documents, and peer-reviewed research.
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  • A small number of sources are independent verification findings from this site's own research, clearly noted where they diverge from or extend the original briefing.
Confirmed Fact

Showing 62 of 62 sources

  1. Lakeville public hearing notice — proposed removal of approx. 6,453,850 cubic yards

    Town of Lakeville · 2026

    Lakeville

  2. Lakeville Select Board materials, Jan. 6, 2026 — acreage, zoning, railroad adjacency, state wildlife land

    Town of Lakeville Select Board · 2026-01-06

    Lakeville

  3. Lakeville Select Board minutes, Jan. 6, 2026 — owners, phasing, rail/truck transportation, on-site processing, future development

    Town of Lakeville Select Board · 2026-01-06

    Lakeville

  4. Lakeville Open Space Committee minutes, Oct. 3, 2024 — Chapter-land status and August 2024 sale

    Town of Lakeville Open Space Committee · 2024-10-03

    Lakeville

  5. Lakeville Chapter 140 — Earth Work Bylaw (§140-1 through §140-8)

    Live document

    Town of Lakeville General Bylaws

    Lakeville

    Full text independently re-read via eCode360 during this site's Sept. 4, 2026 factual audit; the standards and setback figures cited on this site were checked against and corrected to match this text.

  6. Lakeville traffic study — Howland Road corridor

    Town of Lakeville · 2024

    Lakeville Transportation

  7. Lakeville FY2027 budget — Howland Road/Josh Road resurfacing accomplishment

    Town of Lakeville · 2026

    Lakeville

  8. Pavement deterioration and heavy axle loading

    Federal Highway Administration

    Federal Transportation

  9. Right-of-way acquisition and property guidance

    MassDOT

    Massachusetts Transportation

  10. 30 Howland Road wetland resource-area delineation — DEP File SE192-955

    Lakeville Conservation Commission

    Lakeville Environmental

  11. Freetown Water & Sewer Commission minutes, Mar. 12, 2025 — water-line inquiry for the 565-acre site

    Town of Freetown Water & Sewer Commission · 2025-03-12

    Lakeville Environmental

  12. Respirable crystalline silica in general industry and construction

    OSHA

    Federal Health

  13. Crystalline silica generation from drilling, blasting, crushing, and material transfer

    NIOSH / CDC

    Federal Health

  14. 310 CMR 7.09 — particulate emissions from construction and material handling

    MassDEP

    Massachusetts Health Environmental

  15. Malikov, Sun & Hite — "(Under)Mining Local Residential Property Values: A Semiparametric Spatial Quantile Autoregression" — houses a mile closer to a rock mine sell at a 2.3–5.1% discount

    Live document

    Journal of Applied Econometrics, 2019, 34(1): 82–109 · 2019

    Scientific Research Property / Economics

    Independently re-verified during this site's Sept. 4, 2026 factual audit. Published under this title (not the working-paper title "The Value-Undermining Effects of Rock Mining on Nearby Residential Property" that circulated on SSRN in 2017) — same paper, later journal placement confirmed via the lead author's own research page. The 2.3–5.1% discount-per-mile-closer figure and the finding that the effect fades to near-zero at roughly ten miles both match this site's existing citation.

  16. Lavee & Bahar — "Estimation of external effects from the quarrying sector using the hedonic pricing method" — three quarries studied; external effects correlated with an approx. 8.6% overall property-price decrease, with roughly a 1% value increase per 10% increase in distance from the quarry

    Live document

    Land Use Policy, vol. 69 (2017), pp. 541–549 · 2017

    Scientific Research Property / Economics

    Independently re-verified during this site's Sept. 4, 2026 factual audit. Full author names, exact title, volume and page numbers confirmed; this site does not currently attribute a specific numeric claim to this study anywhere except the general source list on the Property Values page.

  17. Kolala et al. — "Impacts of mining on property values in Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Western Australia" — homes within 2km of the mine sell at a 20–30% discount vs. homes 6–7km away

    Live document

    Resources Policy, vol. 68 (2020) · 2020

    Scientific Research Property / Economics

    Independently re-verified during this site's Sept. 4, 2026 factual audit via a ResearchGate copy (the ScienceDirect page blocks automated fetching). Exact abstract text: "residential properties located within two kilometres of the mine trade at a 20% to 30% discount to similar residential properties located at least six to seven kilometres from the mine," based on 21,850 sales, 1990–2018. This matches this site's existing 20–30%/2km citation.

  18. South Coast Rail passenger service launch

    Mass.gov

    Massachusetts Rail

  19. Lakeville Open Space & Recreation Plan (2025) — habitat connectivity southwest of Route 140

    Town of Lakeville · 2025

    Lakeville Environmental

  20. Lakeville 2024 Draft Priority Areas — 1,209-acre Howland Road Conservation Area

    Town of Lakeville · 2024

    Lakeville Environmental

  21. 301 CMR 11.00 — MEPA regulations, effective Jan. 30, 2026 (25/50-acre thresholds; anti-segmentation rule)

    Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs · 2026-01-30

    Massachusetts Environmental

  22. Does my project require MEPA review? (jurisdiction and thresholds)

    Live document

    Mass.gov

    Massachusetts Environmental

  23. 321 CMR 10.00 — Massachusetts Endangered Species Act regulations

    MassWildlife / Commonwealth of Massachusetts

    Massachusetts Environmental

  24. Draft Priority Habitat Map (16th Edition) — public comment period Aug. 5–Oct. 4, 2026

    Live document

    MassWildlife / Natural Heritage & Endangered Species Program · 2026

    Massachusetts Environmental

  25. MESA overview — definition of "Take" and habitat modification

    MassWildlife

    Massachusetts Environmental

  26. Rare species and the Wetlands Protection Act — 310 CMR 10.00

    MassDEP

    Massachusetts Environmental

  27. Construction stormwater — NPDES Construction General Permit, 1-acre threshold

    U.S. EPA

    Federal Environmental

  28. Clean Water Act Section 404 permit program

    U.S. EPA

    Federal Environmental

  29. Wetlands regulations and Section 401 Water Quality Certification

    MassDEP

    Massachusetts Environmental

  30. Article 97 and M.G.L. c.3 §5A — protected open space

    Mass.gov

    Massachusetts Environmental

  31. Forest Cutting Practices Act — land-use-conversion exemption (house lots, subdivisions, gravel mining)

    Mass.gov / Dept. of Conservation and Recreation

    Massachusetts Environmental

  32. Lakeville FY2027 budget — earth-removal fee updated to $0.25/cubic yard

    Town of Lakeville · 2026

    Lakeville

  33. Lakeville 2024 Howland Road paving estimate — two segments, approx. $713,270 combined

    Town of Lakeville · 2024

    Lakeville

  34. 527 CMR 13.09 — Use of Explosive Materials (blasting limits)

    Massachusetts State Fire Marshal / Board of Fire Prevention Regulations

    Massachusetts Health

  35. Blasting information for property owners

    Massachusetts Department of Fire Services

    Massachusetts Health

  36. 527 CMR 1.00 — Massachusetts Comprehensive Fire Safety Code overview

    Massachusetts Department of Fire Services

    Massachusetts

  37. Health impacts of diesel exhaust

    U.S. EPA

    Federal Health

  38. Environmental noise and health effects

    World Health Organization

    Health Scientific Research

  39. South Coast Rail Lines Transfer — approx. 43 miles transferred to MBTA (New Bedford, Fall River, Middleboro, Watuppa lines)

    MassDOT Board of Directors · 2025-02-26

    Massachusetts Rail

  40. South Coast Rail Final Supplemental EIR — passenger priority, freight operating windows, PTC

    MassDOT / MBTA

    Massachusetts Rail

  41. Operating lines and South Coast freight rights

    Mass Coastal Railroad

    Rail

  42. Mass Coastal Railroad Tariff MC 9100 (2025) — siding acceptance, demurrage, weighing, special train service

    Mass Coastal Railroad · 2025

    Rail

  43. Aggregate, sand and gravel railcar equipment — typical 100–110 ton capacities

    CSX Transportation

    Rail

  44. Berkshire Line rail contract — approx. $7.29M for 8.7 track-miles plus turnout/crossing/structure work

    MassDOT / COMMBUYS

    Massachusetts Rail

  45. Privately funded 25-acre rail transload facility — estimated $5.5M

    Texas Department of Licensing & Regulation

    Rail

  46. RAISE 2025 grant fact sheet — Stafford County rail transload facility, $25M award

    U.S. Department of Transportation · 2025

    Federal Rail

  47. Soil design guidance — loose dry sand, approx. 99–102 lb/ft³

    MassDOT

    Massachusetts Transportation

  48. South Coast Rail service levels — direct trips and connecting/shuttle service

    Live document

    Mass.gov / MassDOT

    Massachusetts Rail

  49. South Coast Rail Information — three Lakeville crossings (Leonard Street, North Precinct Street, Malbone Street); Quiet Zone review

    Live document

    Town of Lakeville

    Lakeville Rail

  50. South Coast Rail Quiet Zone Report — approx. 30 trains/day, speeds up to 79 mph, FRA horn requirements

    VHB, prepared for the Town of Lakeville · 2025

    Lakeville Rail

  51. "Lakeville tracks down solutions to train noise issue" — confirms ~30 trains/day up to 79 mph through Lakeville and resident noise complaints

    Nemasket Week · 2025

    Lakeville Rail

    URL corrected and figure independently re-confirmed during this site's Sept. 4, 2026 factual audit.

  52. Noise Measurement Handbook — rail horns, grade-crossing noise, daytime/nighttime variables

    Federal Highway Administration

    Federal Rail

  53. Fall River/New Bedford Line timetable — early-morning and late-evening service span, first departure ~6:45 AM, last departure ~11:59 PM

    Live document

    MBTA

    Rail

    URL corrected during this site's Sept. 4, 2026 factual audit — the previous URL (CR-Fairhaven) returned a 404; the correct MBTA route id is CR-NewBedford.

  54. Bellinger — "The Economic Valuation of Train Horn Noise: A US Case Study" — residential values fall about 4.1% (approx. $4,800 in the study area) per 10 dB of added horn-noise exposure

    Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment (2006) · 2006

    Scientific Research Property / Economics

    Independently re-verified during this site's Sept. 4, 2026 factual audit (ScienceDirect blocks automated fetching; confirmed via a secondary academic index citing the paper's abstract). Author, journal, year, and the 4.1%-per-10dB figure all match this site's existing citation exactly.

  55. Connolly, Marecki, Kouroussis, Thalassinakis & Woodward — "The growth of railway ground vibration problems — A review" — confirms ground-borne rail vibration is linked to human annoyance and to reduced real-estate property values

    Science of the Total Environment, vol. 568 (2016; epub 2015, per PubMed) · 2015

    Scientific Research Property / Economics

    Independently re-verified during this site's Sept. 4, 2026 factual audit via a university repository copy (PubMed itself returned a bot-verification page to automated fetching). Full author list, journal, and volume confirmed; the abstract explicitly lists both "human exposure-annoyance" and "real estate values, property price reduction" as key topics, supporting this site's general (non-numeric) use of this citation.

  56. Rail-noise property-value literature — effects on residential real estate by location and exposure

    Transportation Research Part D

    Scientific Research Property / Economics

    COULD NOT BE INDEPENDENTLY VERIFIED as a specific, distinct publication during this site's Sept. 4, 2026 factual audit — repeated searches did not locate one paper matching this title/publisher combination. This citation is retained as a general characterization of the wider rail-noise property-value literature (see the more specific, individually verified s16, s17, s54, s15 for confirmed figures) rather than as a single confirmed source, and the Property Values page has been updated to state this plainly. Requires determination: either locate the specific intended paper or remove this citation.

  57. Earth Removal Permit Information — currently lists $0.15/cubic yard, $200/acre administrative fee

    Live document

    Town of Lakeville Board of Selectmen · 2026

    Lakeville

    Conflicts with s32 and v5, both of which state $0.25/cubic yard. Re-verified current as of Sept. 4, 2026 — this page has not been updated to match. Re-fetched and reconfirmed during this site's factual audit.

  58. Draft Priority Habitat map viewer and public comment form

    Live document

    Mass.gov / MassWildlife · 2026

    Massachusetts Environmental

  59. Property tax assessment history (2009–2026) and 565.77-acre lot size for 30 Howland Road

    Live document

    Redfin (public assessor-derived listing data) · 2026

    Lakeville Property / Economics

    Independently re-fetched during this site's Sept. 4, 2026 factual audit. Confirms the $320,000 (2020) and $4,561,300 (2025) figures and adds a 2026 assessment of $1,830,300 — a 62% drop from 2025. This third-party listing is assessor-derived but has not been cross-checked against the Town Assessor's own database directly; the volatility pattern (roughly flat 2009–2023, then +433% in 2024, +95% in 2025, −62% in 2026) is consistent with, but does not confirm, exit from a Chapter 61/61A/61B current-use program followed by reassessment.

  60. South Coast Rail project overview — MBTA ownership and construction status

    Live document

    MBTA

    Massachusetts Rail

  61. Lakeville, MA public-notice index — lists a hearing notice referencing "30 Howland Road, Lakeville, MA" among archived entries

    Live document

    NoticeRegistry.com · 2026

    Lakeville

    Found during this site's Sept. 4, 2026 factual audit while checking an unrelated hearing notice, which listed 30 Howland Road as a related notice. The full text, date, and hearing board of that specific notice are behind this service's paid archive and were not independently read — this confirms only that some notice exists in the index, not its content.

  62. Lakeville Select Board Agenda Item Report, Jan. 6, 2026 — "The Town just adjusted its earth removal fees to .25 cents/cubic yard," $200/acre administrative fee

    Town of Lakeville Select Board · 2026-01-06

    Lakeville

    Quoted text provided by site editor from the primary document. The underlying meeting-packet PDF exceeds this site's automated fetch size limit and its host partially blocks automated retrieval, so this citation has not been independently re-fetched and re-read in full by this site's research process — it is corroborated by, and consistent with, the separately confirmed FY2027 budget rate (s32) of $0.25/cubic yard.