Selectboard closes $200,000 culvert structures grant after engineering shows larger bridge needed

Jan 16, 2025

Town staff recommended closing a previously approved $200,000 structures grant for a culvert project because later engineering showed the replacement would require a 30-foot-span bridge beyond the grant scope; the board voted to close the grant application with $0 reimbursement and pursue a FEMA structures/mitigation path instead.

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Chair introduced a recommendation from Brian (speaker 2) to close out a previously approved $200,000 structures grant application for a culvert because subsequent review showed the replacement scope would require a 30-foot-span bridge, making the structures grant unsuitable.

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