Water concerns bog down Centralville development

Water concerns bog down Centralville development

LOWELL — Water runoff and erosion control, drainage and stormwater concerns, and property grade and slope challenges were some of the issues before the Planning Board Monday on the so-called Apple Orchard development in the city’s Centralville neighborhood. The almost 7-acre parcel was stripped of most its vegetation last March to develop 17 single-family homes along the three-street perimeter that sits across from the city’s Christian Hill Rese…