Nantucket Land Bank Backs Water Mitigation Deal Covering Town's Needs Through 2033

NANTUCKET -- April 14, 2026, Nantucket Land Bank Commission clears water mitigation deal and approves several property actions at busy spring meeting. The commission voted unanimously Monday to allow the Nantucket Water Department to use a Land Bank-owned 29.7-acre Milestone Road parcel as mitigation credit with MassDEP, enabling an amended water withdrawal permit to cover the town's projected needs through 2033; MassDEP representative Beth, joining by phone, said the land qualifies as priority conservation land under the Water Management Act. The board also approved a liquor license category change for Sconset Golf, conditioned on canned hard-seltzer products only, at the request of manager Sean Overly; endorsed a roughly $35,000 phased pocket park improvement at 106 Main Street with cedar fencing and extended brick paths; and approved a 40-person catered beach event at 40th Pole on August 15 for boating club Barton and Gray, organized through caterer PBX Events, with a commission member cautioning that approval "is not a guarantee" for future requests. Two design change orders totaling $227,000 from architect-engineer firm SMRT for the Jefferson Avenue historic building relocation project were reviewed, with physical moves of the structures scheduled for the weeks of May 12 and May 19.