Not what we need
I have had substantial personal interaction with the DES for both commercial and residential construction I have done on two waterfront parcels located in different towns on the lake.
My personal opinion is that while some of what they think they are attempting to accomplish is admirable the end result may not be.
Without going in to specifics (for obvious reasons) the plan they approved for one of my sites creates substantially more drainage directly into the lake than I would have put there. Other "feel good" requirements they insisted upon did nothing but increase the cost of the project. Many of the DES employees are simply misguided and on a power trip.
One arrogant DES employee called me on the phone and proceeded to yell at me for some violation I was not aware of and demand that I appear in Concord the following day for a hearing.
Simply put, this agency needs a substantial overhaul and redirection of efforts.
Thought for the day: If the environmentalists had just arrived a few thousand years earlier we could now be sharing our neighborhoods with dinosaurs!
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