Landowners withdraw Mount Tom housing plans for now
Donal Carbaugh, a resident of Reservation Road in Easthampton since 2004, stands at the entrance to the private land as well as trails on the Mount Tom Reservation on March 26. Carbaugh was opposed to the subdivision proposal for five homes on land adjacent to the reservation. GAZETTE FILE PHOTO/CAROL LOLLIS
By JACQUELYN VOGHEL
EASTHAMPTON — The landowners who have proposed building five houses on their property at the base of Mount Tom are at least temporarily withdrawing their request due to uncertainty whether the land is on a public way.
The proposed development, located at the end of Reservation Road, stirred controversy last month due to its location along the lower portion of Mount Tom.