Select Board approves Lake Street gas main and hazard plan

Select Board · Meeting of August 11, 2026

Shrewsbury Select Board approved Eversource's Lake Street gas main and adopted a hazard plan. Vice Chair Carlos Garcia presided as members voted unanimously to allow about 150 feet of 8-inch gas main at 651 Lake Street, with work planned from early September through October. The board adopted the 2026 Hazard Mitigation Plan, presented by Planning Director Chris McGoldrick, and approved a $76,000 Prologis increase for Route 20 and Centech Boulevard design.

Town Manager Kevin Mizikar said the town cannot control Amazon's drone flights but can regulate ground uses. He also said state battery storage rules preempt conflicting local ones as of October 1. The board also placed EMT-certified uniformed employees in Group 4 for retirement.

In the full story:

• Opening and Town Manager's Report
• Eversource Grant of Location, Lake Street
• 2026 Hazard Mitigation Plan
• Emerging Land Use Matters
• Prologis Memorandum of Agreement Amendment
• Road Closure, Address Change and Group 4
• Correspondence
• Who Was There
• Organizations And Documents Referenced
• The complete report: 1,758 words

Source: the Select Board meeting of August 11, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.

Checked against the record: before publication this article was automatically compared with the meeting transcript. It was corrected where it differed.