Carver Orders AD Makepeace to Submit Quarterly Engineering Reports for Bog Project

CARVER — February 17, 2026 — Carver Earth Removal Committee requires AD Makepeace to file quarterly engineering reports on its disputed 59 Federal Road bog project. The 5-0 vote, taken at the February 17 meeting, stops short of the immediate cease-and-desist order demanded by the Community Land and Water Coalition and by residents of the abutting Cranberry Village, a 284-home senior community whose members described ongoing silica dust exposure, personal lung disease diagnoses, and windows coated in a yellowish residue that does not wash off in rain. Olin College of Engineering students partnered with the coalition told the board they had detected potentially respirable crystalline silica particles in sand samples from neighboring properties and that air monitors adjacent to the mine have recorded particulate concentrations up to seven times the World Health Organization's PM10 limit. Committee Chair Scott Harrison said he believes AD Makepeace is currently in compliance with its written order of conditions and called the quarterly engineering report requirement the appropriate mechanism to verify that roughly 458,700 cubic yards of permitted earth removal translates into actual cranberry bog construction before the permit expires in August 2027. The board separately fined Adga Realty $3,236 in tolling fees and $1,900 in bylaw fines for moving approximately 8,090 cubic yards of material from a Fuller Street property without a permit in 2025.