Bridgewater Planning Board Continues Two Subdivision Matters to February 4

Planning Board · Meeting of January 21, 2026

Bridgewater Planning Board continues two subdivision matters amid a bond policy dispute. The board voted unanimously at its January 21 meeting to push both the 593 Plymouth Street definitive subdivision public hearing, filed by Friday Investment Group, LLC, and a separate lot-release request to February 4. The lot-release case turned contentious when applicant Mark McLeod learned the board accepts only cash bonds, not insurance-company surety bonds, as security for the $32,712.50 in remaining road work, a policy Chair Patrick Driscoll said has held for his 12 years on the board and is backed by a prior legal opinion.

McLeod said he had not been informed of the cash-only requirement and had already paid for a $50,000 insurance bond, which the board declined to accept. The board also required McLeod to record homeowners association formation documents and rules and regulations before the two lots, intended for his son and daughter, can be released.

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Source: the Planning Board meeting of January 21, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.