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What the Town would collect in earth-removal fee revenue, set plainly against the categories of potential public cost that have not yet been estimated.
60-Second Summary
- Two independent Town documents — the FY2027 budget and a January 6, 2026 Select Board Agenda Item Report — both state the earth-removal fee is $0.25/cubic yard, describing it as a recently adjusted rate.
- The Town's separate, still-live Earth Removal Permit Information web page has not been updated to match and continues to list $0.15/cubic yard — both figures are shown below rather than silently picking one.
- At full proposed volume and the better-supported $0.25/cubic yard rate, fee revenue calculates to approximately $1,613,463, plus a $200/acre administrative fee (≈$113,154).
- This revenue figure is calculable from public documents. The categories of potential public cost below are not — none has a published Town estimate.
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Project Revenue Is Quantifiable. Full Lifecycle Public Costs Are Not Yet Established.
Which rate this site uses, and why
This site calculates fee revenue using $0.25/cubic yard because two independent, dated Town documents state that figure: the FY2027 budget, and a Select Board Agenda Item Report dated January 6, 2026, which states the Town "just adjusted its earth removal fees to .25 cents/cubic yard." Both also confirm a $200/acre administrative fee.
The Town's separate Earth Removal Permit Information web page, re-checked during this audit (September 4, 2026), still lists $0.15/cubic yard. That page has not been updated to reflect the adjustment described in the two documents above. All three figures are cited below — the conflict is shown, not resolved by omission.
Key sources
- Lakeville FY2027 budget — earth-removal fee updated to $0.25/cubic yard — Town of Lakeville, 2026
- 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, 2026-01-06Quoted 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.
- Earth Removal Permit Information — currently lists $0.15/cubic yard, $200/acre administrative fee — Town of Lakeville Board of Selectmen, 2026 (live document — verify current version)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.
Public-Cost Categories Not Yet Quantified
Road maintenance & reconstruction
Beyond the 2024 resurfacing estimate — potential base-course damage from years of heavy-axle truck loading.
Monitoring & enforcement
Staff time and any third-party monitoring for dust, noise, vibration, blasting compliance, and bylaw enforcement.
Emergency response
Any additional fire, police, or emergency-medical demand, including crossing-related response-time effects.
Environmental oversight
Wetland, stormwater, and habitat monitoring and any required mitigation.
Water infrastructure
Any municipal water extension or capacity need arising from the site or its future use.
Engineering & legal review
Town staff and consultant time reviewing permits, plans, and compliance across every applicable agency.
What is separately documented
Lakeville's 2024 estimate to resurface two Howland Road segments was approximately $713,270 — a resurfacing estimate only, not a forecast of project-caused damage and not a lifecycle cost figure. See Roads & Infrastructure for detail.
Key sources
- Lakeville 2024 Howland Road paving estimate — two segments, approx. $713,270 combined — Town of Lakeville, 2024
What Has Not Yet Been Established
- Why the Town's live Earth Removal Permit Information page has not been updated to match the two documents describing the adjusted $0.25/cubic yard rate
- An independent lifecycle cost analysis covering roads, monitoring, enforcement, emergency response, and environmental oversight
- Projected Town revenue from any future development phase, and how it would be weighed against future-phase costs
- Whether financial security (bonding) would be sized to cover extraordinary road deterioration or reclamation
Figures above use 6,453,850 cubic yards as the fixed total project volume documented in the public hearing notice.
Sources
Key sources
- Lakeville FY2027 budget — earth-removal fee updated to $0.25/cubic yard — Town of Lakeville, 2026
- 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, 2026-01-06Quoted 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.
- Earth Removal Permit Information — currently lists $0.15/cubic yard, $200/acre administrative fee — Town of Lakeville Board of Selectmen, 2026 (live document — verify current version)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.
- Lakeville 2024 Howland Road paving estimate — two segments, approx. $713,270 combined — Town of Lakeville, 2024