Acton Public Workshop: Bellows Farm Dam

The Town of Acton is holding the first public workshop to discuss the removal of the Bellows Farm Mill dam and replacement of the Carlisle Road bridge in Acton.

The workshop will be held online. Register for the Zoom link at https://arcg.is/0v9Cjq0.

The Town of Acton is working with SLR Consulting to prepare preliminary designs for the dam removal and bridge replacement. During the workshop, SLR will provide an overview of the project, followed by a Q&A session. We hope to gather feedback on design preferences to maximize project benefits, understand how people currently use the site, and discuss potential impacts on the surrounding area.

The Bellows Farm Mill dam must either be repaired or removed to meet Massachusetts Office of Dam Safety standards, and a recent inspection found that the Carlisle Road bridge is undersized and in poor condition. The proposed project will address the unsafe conditions of these two structures, reduce flood risk, and provide ecological benefits such as improved fish passage, enhanced wetlands, and restored perennial stream corridor.

If you have any questions or comments, please reach out to Corey York at engineering@actonma.gov or Noah Slovin, SLR Consulting, at nslovin@slrconsulting.com . You can find additional project details at the project website.