After being a member of four boards and commissions, I thought I understood the operational and leadership structure of the Town of Smithfield. Wrong!
There is a Smithfield RI Technical Review Committee (TRC). The purpose of the committee is to …
Smithfield, RI Technical Review Committee (TRC) exists to provide technical, interdisciplinary evaluation of development applications before they reach the Planning Board for formal decision-making. In short, it is a pre‑planning‑board review body that helps ensure applications are complete, compliant, and technically sound — but its recommendations are not binding.
The Sand Trace development has been discussed and “in process” for many years. With endless meetings with the Developer, Planning Board and the residents. The original plan was to have two driveways; on Log Road and also on Mann School at Williams Road. The Mann School Road driveway was originally planned for emergencies and construction supply deliveries, not for residents.
The Smithfield Technical Review Committee meeting is scheduled for July 1 @12noon in the Smithfield Town Hall. The agenda can be retrieved by clicking here.
In what appears to be a pattern in Smithfield for the last decade, I was informed that the developers were proposing a change. The limited-use driveway was, if approved, to be converted into an entrance and exit for the residents of the 160 units. Read the following articles about the Sand Trace Property:
Sand Trace approved, but dispute over payments — 11/23/22
Sand Trace Septic May Offer Sewer Expansion for Neighbors — 3/19/24
Sand Trace — Another Town Initiative? Or a Sink Hole?
