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Public commenters urge CCRPC to address sidewalk maintenance and truck route impacts on Lower Sand Hill Road
Summary
Two public commenters at the Jan. 15 CCRPC meeting raised concerns about lack of funding for maintaining built sidewalks and bike paths and about heavy truck traffic and safety problems on Lower Sand Hill Road in Essex, particularly affecting new immigrant families and elderly residents.
Two members of the public told the Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission on Jan. 15 that municipalities lack funding to maintain sidewalks and bike paths, and one resident asked elected officials to revisit a town decision permitting heavy-truck traffic on a residential route.
Lisa Sheffieldana, a Milton resident, told the commission she has worked in public works for nearly 17 years and said municipalities can find funding to build sidewalks and bike paths but struggle to find ongoing maintenance money. "We are allowed to apply for funding to build sidewalks and bike paths...but we are never able to find money to maintain them," Sheffieldana said. She urged that…
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