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Highway supervisor says winter plowing, salt and contractor costs overshot budgets; town planning repairs and summer work
Summary
Highway staff reported higher-than-expected winter expenses, readiness for summer operations, and planned repairs to roads, catch basins and cemetery plots.
Dan Gallatin, a member of the town’s highway staff, told the Plaistow Board of Selectmen on May 5 that the long winter left the highway department over budget on plowing and salt while crews prepare for spring and summer work.
Gallatin gave the board a snapshot of winter operations and near-term plans: why costs rose, what maintenance is scheduled and how the department will handle drainage and cemetery work.
“Once we get into mid January through mid February was every other day or every third day,” Gallatin said, describing the heavy run of storms. He reported the town’s outside plowing…
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