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What to do about the blasting?Jesse Gordon is organizing a “speaking session” at the Avon Select Board meeting on November 2 and invites you to attend. Bring photographs of your structural damage and let’s show the people of Avon what’s going on with their neighbors! “I hear from many Randolph residents about damages from blasting,” says Jesse. “And I hear from the Town of Avon that T.L. Edwards isn’t breaking any laws – that means we need to change the law!” With your help, Jesse will propose a new law that requires T.L. Edwards to pay for damages in Randolph from blasting. The Avon Town Meeting next meets on Nov. 18. The Select Board can prepare a “warrant” for a vote at the Town Meeting, establishing payments for damages caused by blasting. “The T.L. Edwards site is near so many Randolph homes but far from almost all Avon homes,: says Jesse. “The people of Avon need to hear from the people of Randolph about blasting – otherwise they just won’t see the problem.” Jesse invites you to attend:
Join online via https://www.avon-ma.gov/board-selectmen (NOTE: the final URL will be posted here before Nov. 2 when the Avon Select Board posts it!)
Who’s blasting in the Avon woods?The corner of Stoughton Street and Fitch Terrace has an Avon-required sign saying “Warning: Blasting Zone” – what’s that about? Actually, that’s Randolph, not Avon – the town line is 50 feet into those woods. The blasting zone is on the property of the T.L. Edwards Excavation company, a few hundred feet further in. The woods on the Randolph side are called the “Lokitis Conservation Area.” Randolph Town Councilor Jesse Gordon knows those woods well: “15 years ago, I used to take my son and his friends bicycling on that trail, through the Excavation company site and the Avon Industrial Park, to D.W. Field in Brockton,” says Jesse. “There was no ‘blasting’ sign then – that’s a recent addition ” Those woods have been a trash-dumping site for decades – and now a blasting zone – because we closed the Lokitis Conservation Area to the public. “This year, I got a grant to open up that park to the public. DPW moved one of the boulders blocking the entrance – you can walk in now – and I’ll get a map posted later this year, like I got posted at the Blue Hills,” says Jesse. “Lokitis is a 35-acre park–the biggest in Randolph– that we should use as a park, instead of trash and blasting.” “I’ve asked the Avon Select Board to make Lokitis into a two-town park,” says Jesse. “Let’s keep our woods open for recreation, instead of being used for trash & blasting.” Jesse invites you to offer your ideas to the Avon Board:
Join online via https://www.avon-ma.gov/board-selectmen (NOTE: the final URL will be posted here before Nov. 2 when the Avon Select Board posts it!)
Click to download Jesse's "Blasting Flyer"
Jesse Gordon has a plan to “Open Our Parks,” including the Lokitis Conservation Area. Jesse says, “We have so many beautiful parks in Randolph -- but we lock ourselves out! Lokitis could be a great place to picnic with the kids or take a hike in the woods -- but when it’s closed, people dump trash there and companies feel like no one cares if there’s blasting there. Let’s re-open Lokitis!”
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