WELLS, Maine — With a new golf course no longer a part of the proposed plans for Burnt Mill Estates, are there any new plans for the site?
A resident asked either the Wells Planning Board or Mathew Orr, of Sebago Technics, a civil engineer for the project, to provide insight into that question during a meeting earlier this week.
“Communication has been a little weak,” the resident said.
Orr replied that the official removal of the proposed golf course was the only aspect of Burnt Mill Holding Company’s application before the board that evening. The town of Wells sits near the Maine-New Hampshire border, just a few miles south of the tourist hamlet of Kennebunkport.
Nearly two decades ago, an announcement came that the development would include Burnt Mill Country Club, an 18-hole, 7,200-yard course, to be the second course created by the design team of 8-time PGA Tour winner Brad Faxon and golf architect Brad Booth. The complex was also slated to include a 9-hole par 3 short course, a practice range, and a 12,000 sq. ft. clubhouse.
While the golf course is being eliminated from the proposal, the plan for 174 new dwelling units on 362 acres of land along Hobbs Farm Road has not changed, Orr confirmed.
“Any changes to any sort of amenities, or anything like that, would take place as part of the larger residential project, which is not in front of the board this evening,” Orr said.
Planning Board Chair Charles Millian pressed Orr further.
“So are you telling us there could be plans for future residential development there?” Millian asked.“I’m not aware of any at this time,” Orr replied.
On Wednesday, Town Engineer Mike Livingston said other amenities, originally proposed in the area of the golf course, are being consolidated and relocated in a separate plan amendment to redesign the development.
The future of the land once marked for 18 holes and more was not the only subject of concern during the Planning Board’s meeting on Oct. 31. Questions regarding a proposed walkway and drainage for the project also persisted – enough so that board members decided, unanimously, that they needed to take another site walk along the property.
“We really need to go out there,” Millian said.
The board members will take that site walk on Hobbs Farm Road next Saturday, Nov. 12, at 9 a.m. The public is invited to attend.
Residents concerned about walkway, drainage
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