FRAMINGHAM Officials at a Maple Street church are proposing to install solar panels on a canopy over the parish’s parking lot.
Officials with St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, DiPrete Engineering and Plankton Energy submitted plans to the city’s Planning Board to construct a canopy over the church parking lot and to install solar panels. The project area is 16,000 square feet and there are no proposed changes to the existing building.
The church at 3 Maple St. is housed in a neighborhood and some residents are concerned about the project and its effect on the surrounding homes. Some during last week’s Planning Board public hearing called the project an eyesore and asked the project team to make it more aesthetically pleasing by adding a landscaping buffer.