Amazon has withdrawn its controversial bid to introduce a drone delivery program in Westborough, according to local lawmakers.
“Tonight Amazon called us to share that they would be withdrawing their application to the Town of Westborough for a drone package delivery launch site,” Millbury Sen. Michael Moore and Reps. Hannah Kane of Shrewsbury and Kate Donaghue of Westborough said in a statement Friday evening. “We are extremely pleased and thank Amazon for listening to the overwhelming concerns voiced in making this decision.”
There has been intense pushback to the retail giant’s proposal to deliver Prime Air packages weighing less than 5 pounds by unmanned aircraft within a 7.5-mile radius of its Westborough fulfillment center. State and federal lawmakers, local officials and community members all have demanded a say in the matter. In a letter sent to the town dated Oct. 30, Amazon wrote that it “hereby requests approval of the Westborough Planning Board to withdraw, without prejudice,” its site plan review application…