Dam!

The town of Medway is inviting members of the public to another meeting on the Sanford Mill Pond Dam Alternative Analysis Project on Tuesday, June 2,  at 6 pm at the Middle School Presentation Room (Door 7).  At issue is what to do about the aging Sanford Mill Dam, which spans the Franklin-Medway line, has had no known owner since the 1980s and has some immediate issues, but no recent maintenance work and is in unknown structural condition.

The Town's engineering consultant, GZA GeoEvironmental (GZA), presented an overview of the current conditions of the dam last year. 

With the elimination of the Caryville Dam on the Charles River in Bellingham several years ago, the mill and the surrounding village structures there were permanently altered or eliminated and a vibrant ecosystem at Roaring Brook Pond was completely destroyed, replaced by narrow, ditch for the Charles River. The process also eliminated a waterfront or at least a water view that many home owners had long taken for granted.

In 2022, CRWA began laying the ground work to do the same thing to the Sanford Mill Dam, which sits at the northern end of Lincoln Street in Franklin.