Fall River Planning Board tables Spring Street road project for fourth time, endorses Highcrest Road land split

FALL RIVER -- July 8, 2026, Fall River Planning Board tables Spring Street road work for a fourth straight month and endorses a Highcrest Road lot split. The board voted 5-0 at its July 8 meeting to table the Spring Street roadway reconstruction petition, filed under City Ordinance Section 66-185, until August, after City Engineer Dan Aguiar reported that soil testing and test pit work is scheduled for July 16 and results are needed before any plan can advance; the item has been deferred since April. The board also voted unanimously to endorse a Form A approval-not-required plan for 200 Highcrest Road filed by Resendee's Residential LLC, a division that meets the S-district minimums of 100 feet of frontage and 12,000 square feet after a prior Board of Appeals variance for a three-unit development on the same parcel was denied. The meeting's longest moment was ceremonial: Chair John Ferreira presented a citation to former member Mario Luciola, who served on the board for 19 years and is approaching his 90th birthday, calling his contributions to both the board and Fall River's Italian-American community "exceptional."