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Select Board asks property owners to show proof after locked gate blocks Shell Meeting House Road access

5541457 · April 24, 2025
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Summary

A complaint that a gate on Shell Meeting House Road was locked prompted the Select Board to confirm a 2019 decision treating many historically discontinued roads as unmaintained Class 6 town roads and to request owners provide proof of private status or remove locks while the town reviews records.

A resident complaint that a gate on Shell Meeting House Road off Shaker Road had been locked led the Canterbury Select Board to review past committee work and town minutes about discontinued roads and to direct staff to request documentation from the landowners who gated the way.

The Select Board discussed research by a previous road committee and lawyers that recommended treating a number of historically discontinued roads as town Class 6…

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