Board debates Benedict Crossing bond, abutment engineering as covered bridge faces closure

Town officials and residents spent much of the meeting weighing how to pay for repairs to the covered bridge at Benedict Crossing and other nearby bridges. A highway representative said meetings with state highway staff were scheduled to prepare spring transportation paperwork and grant applications, and noted recent culvert replacements on Old West Road and Buck Hill Road. “Tomorrow and Wednesday, there’s gonna be some meetings with me and Mark and someone from the state highway department and possibly Nick,” the highway representative said, describing project-planning work and paving-grant preparation.