Planning Board continues Costco, zoning hearings
Southborough Planning Board opens first Costco hearing, pushes vote to October 19.
Planning Board · Meeting of September 28, 2026
Southborough Planning Board opens first Costco hearing, pushes vote to October 19. Chair Lisa Braccio and Town Planner Karina Quinn walked the board through the 167,000-square-foot warehouse and 30-position fuel facility at 21 Coslin Drive, where traffic engineer Barbara Mosher projected 1,238 weekday PM peak-hour trips and 1,666 on Saturdays. Resident Tom Gittins said nearby Flag Road already rates between "D and F" for level of service, while former board chair Mimi Luttrell separately warned a two-family dwelling zoning bylaw headed to Special Town Meeting "will have unintended consequences and I cannot support it in this fashion." The board also continued hearings on 154 and 22 Turnpike Road and reviewed Fay School's landscaping mitigation plan for its Middle Road building addition.
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Source: the Planning Board meeting of September 28, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.
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