Shrewsbury Planning Board continues Chase Bank hearing, closes Route 20 commercial case

SHREWSBURY -- April 2, 2026, Shrewsbury Planning Board continues Chase Bank hearing amid abutter concerns, closes Route 20 commercial case. The board voted unanimously at its April 2 meeting to continue a new public hearing on a proposed 2,883-square-foot Chase Bank at the Boston Turnpike plaza to May 7, after abutter Paul Brough of JP Fadul Company at 115 Boston Turnpike raised concerns about a corrected stormwater plan, whose error would have routed additional drainage toward his basement, an unpermitted underground holding tank of uncertain location, and a request to limit construction hours to 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekdays given a residential apartment in his building just 17.5 feet from the new structure. The board separately closed the hearing for a two-building commercial project at 223 Hartford Turnpike after the applicant confirmed MassDOT requires no new curb cut permit and submitted truck turning analyses for emergency vehicles and a WB-40. At the 335 Maple Avenue mixed-use project, the evening's largest item, traffic consultant Bob Michaud of MDM Transportation Consultants told the board the combined development would add roughly 200 directional trips per hour at peak, with all studied Route 9 intersections remaining at level of service D or better, calling the neighborhood impact "de minimis"; residents of Oak Street challenged that finding, citing 30-minute school-dismissal backups and winter road conditions, and board member Steve said flatly the residential and commercial components of the project are "not connected."