A 62-unit senior housing project is proposed for 33 acres of undeveloped land between Academy Road and Main Street in Monmouth. The town Planning Board will hold a public hearing and possibly vote Thursday on the plan. Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal

MONMOUTH — Residents will have a chance to weigh in during a public hearing Thursday on a proposed 62-unit senior housing development on 33 acres of undeveloped land between Academy Road and Main Street.

Construction on the 1063 Main Street subdivision, to be named Hilltop View Estates, could be completed as early as fall 2027, applicant Anthony Michaud wrote in his submission to the Montmouth Planning Board.

The board could take a final vote on approving the project following the public hearing Isabelle Oechslie, Monmouth’s town planner, said if the members decide to close the public hearing and complete their review of the application.

Ultimately, Oechslie said, the board members have discretion over how quickly the project moves forward.

Michaud formed 1063 Main Street, LLC, in May to buy and manage the 33-acre property. Deed records show the company bought the property in June for “considerations paid,” a term that generally denotes a cash sale.

The project would include 62 identical two-bedroom, single-family homes for people 55 and older, application materials show. Contractors would build 4,300 feet of road to serve the neighborhood, along with a community clubhouse building and underground utilities for each unit.

Each 2,200 square foot house — including a two-car garage — would be initially priced between $450,000 and $475,000, site engineer Jim Coffin of E.S. Coffin Engineering and Surveying said during a November planning board meeting. The neighborhood, Coffin said, could increase town tax revenue by as much as $4 million by the time construction is complete.

The homes would be connected to already existing water and sewer lines maintained by the Winthrop Utilities District and Monmouth Water Association. Monmouth’s police and fire chiefs have each submitted letters stating they believe the departments will be able to effectively serve the new neighborhood.

But some residents nearby don’t want the plans to move forward.

In a Nov. 24 letter, Ashley Woodbury, the owner of the adjacent home at 1033 Main Street, said she was concerned the project was “being kept very quiet within the town.” She wrote that she did not receive any notice of the project by mail, as other neighbors did, after the project moved forward in November.

Woodbury’s property is bordered on the north and west sides by the new neighborhood. Cars would enter and exit the neighborhood within just feet of Woodbury’s driveway.

“I am writing to file a formal dispute of such development going in with the negative impacts to my property, the driveway proposed into the new community directly abuts my property line and destroying the quaint, safe community Monmouth has worked so hard to upkeep over the years,” Woodbury wrote.

Woodbury, who did not respond to a request for comment, wrote she was also concerned that stormwater runoff would be redirected to her property, with one stormwater retention pond planned for the area behind her home. But as of the November planning board meeting, developers had not yet received a final stormwater Stormwater Management Permit from the Maine Department of Environmental Protection, and construction cannot begin until official that permit is issued and town officials sign off on the project.

Construction on the site would also disturb 12,570 square feet of wetlands, an area large enough that the Maine Department of Environmental Protection would issue a permit for the project under the state’s Natural Resources Protection Act. As part of the permitting process, Michaud’s company would then pay almost $66,000 in fees to the Maine DEP in lieu of more traditional on-site environmental impact mitigation efforts.

The public hearing on Hilltop View Estates will be held during the Monmouth Planning Board’s meeting Thursday at 7 p.m. at 117 Academy Road, after several other public hearings. Application materials for all projects currently under planning board review can be found on the town’s website.