Here are some of the things Plymouth Rock Studio
would have to do:

Find water

• Developers would need to locate an on-site water supply or tie into water supplies in Bourne or Wareham.
• Obtaining water withdrawal permits from state environmental officials can be a two-year process.

Build a sewer system

• The property would need a sewage treatment facility.

Obtain clear title to the property

• Many of the sites numerous small parcels were taken by the town for non-payment of taxes over the last 100 years.
• Some of these takings are in question and would require thousands of dollars in legal fees to clear them.
• Owners of many of these parcels have long since disappeared leaving behind clouded titles.

Create road access

• A $45 million highway ramp off Route 25 is considered crucial to the project and would require state and federal permits and grants.
• The only secondary road access to the site is Bourne Road, a long, narrow winding roadway.

Get electricity to the property

• There are no power lines near the site.
• A large electrical substation nearby might provide a power source for the project.

Address environmental concerns

• There are numerous protected animal and plant species on the property, including one of the largest pine barrens in the world and several protected moths.
• Development would require numerous state and federal environmental permits.

Convince town meeting voters

• The site is currently zoned rural residential, so the studio project would need a zoning change that would require a town meeting vote. The developers also need approval from a town meeting vote, possibly in June, for the land to be sold.