DUXBURY — Nov. 2, 2026 — The Duxbury Selectboard on Monday authorized its chair to sign, as amended, a letter urging MassHousing to deny project eligibility for a proposed 100-unit Chapter 40B development off Bay Road. The letter is the town’s comment to the state agency, which will decide whether the project can move forward.
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Miramar letter. Chair Amy MacNab read the draft letter into the record, saying the town had gathered comments from department heads, boards, committees and residents and worked with town counsel. Addressed to MassHousing about the application by Miramar Estates LLC, it urges the agency, in the strongest possible terms, to deny project eligibility approval.
The letter, as read, argues the plan crowds 100 units onto the site’s upland, conflicts with the town’s zoning and water-supply protections, and is not appropriate for the neighborhood. It also objects to religious-based restrictions it says are recorded in the property’s deed, and it states that the board supports, and Town Meeting may approve, an eminent domain taking of the property. These are the town’s positions, not findings by MassHousing or a court. The town’s 142-page bundle of department, consultant and resident comments, which the letter incorporates, describes its engineering review as limited and conceptual.
Board members said an appraisal is under way to weigh the cost and risk of taking the land, and that any taking would be decided by Town Meeting. Vice Chair Fernando Guitart said the town would fight the project tooth and nail.
Residents who spoke supported the letter. One, who lives across from the site, urged stronger language on traffic near a Montessori school and questioned the developer’s sewer agreement with Kingston. MacNab said the town believes an intermunicipal agreement is required and that the applicant must also seek eligibility in Kingston.
Members added language to one paragraph describing residents’ comments as insightful, relevant and well reasoned, then voted to authorize the chair to sign the letter as amended. Asked when it was due, Town Manager René Read said Nov. 5.
