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Long-awaited Weymouth billboard lowering underway Wicked Local An electronic billboard near Route 3 that raised concerns about nighttime glare among Century Road residents is being lowered under a remediation agreement between the homeowners and Cove Outdoor Advertising. Ultra Lum Services employees removed the digital sign at 611 Pleasant St. on July 22 to lower the billboard’s metal support pole by 20-feet, under the agreement and a special permit issued by the Board of Zoning Appeals last month. “Everything is going as good as planned,” said Gregg Ziomek, owner of Ultra Lum Services, at the billboard site. “We will cut the column and lower that by 20 feet today.” ....
WEYMOUTH Mayor Robert Hedlund says a new agreement related to digital billboards on a stretch of Route 3 is the last option to fix negative impacts from an existing billboard, prevent a second intrusive structure and protect more than 40 acres of land for open space. “This is the last hope to remediate 611 Pleasant St., prevent another intrusive board at 613 Pleasant St., and derive the benefits that led us into this in the first place,” Hedlund said Monday. Town officials will host a virtual meeting at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday to present the new billboard agreement, signed by Hedlund, billboard company Cove Outdoor LLC, and landowners Bristol Bros. Development Corp. and Lorusso-Bristol Stone Corp. ....
Weymouth council overrides mayor s veto of billboard regulations WEYMOUTH Town council has overridden Mayor Robert Hedlund’s veto of new regulations restricting digital billboards on a stretch of Route 3, potentially putting at risk a new mitigation agreement for the existing controversial billboard. The council on Monday night voted unanimously to override Hedlund’s veto, despite a request from the mayor to hold off until a future meeting when his administration could update the council on the situation with the existing billboard and a pending agreement with Cove Outdoor LLC. Last month, the council approved changes to the billboard relocation overlay district that create new limitations on the number, location, height and content of electronic billboards, among other restrictions. The amendment was first put forward as a citizens petition, and council members made changes before approving the measure. ....