Plymouth Select Board voted to proceed with design and bidding to replace the Loom Lake Road culvert, with the project scheduled for summer 2025 and a planned temporary road closure.

Town Manager Scott Wheaton told the board the project will go out to construction bid in February and that the town has secured temporary easements to support a traffic reroute during construction. "The Loom Lake Road culvert replacement will occur during the summer of 2025. This will be going out to construction bid during the February," Wheaton said.

Wheaton said the town intends to close Loom Lake Road and reroute traffic as a cost-saving measure, estimating approximately $40,000 in savings and a construction window of about three weeks. He said keeping the road open would require installing a temporary bridge and extend the project timeline.

The approved detour route will send traffic from Loom Lake Road down the power-line road to Thompson Lane, out to Quincy Road and back toward Fairgrounds Road. Wheaton said staff inspected the route and found it passable. "Steve and Mike Fignali were out there...checking it, making sure, and it's very passable," he reported.

Wheaton said the town will continue to communicate with residents on Chaisson Road and Moon Lake Road and periodically check for questions or concerns while the project proceeds.

No formal vote on project construction funding was recorded in the transcript; the board's discussion centered on scheduling, easements and traffic management ahead of bidding.