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Committee sends OHRV-on-highways bill for interim study after debate over local control
Summary
Representative Bob Harb, chairman of the Resources, Recreation and Development Committee, led a session on HB 113, which would allow OHRVs on certain state highways in Windsor; an amendment requiring a public hearing and Department approval passed, but the committee declined to pass the bill and instead voted to place it in interim study.
Representative Bob Harb, chairman of the Resources, Recreation and Development Committee, led a full-committee work session on HB 113, a bill to allow OHRV (off-highway recreational vehicle) operation on certain state highways within the town of Windsor. The discussion covered a DOT-requested amendment that would require public notice and Department approval before a state highway could be opened to OHRV use and would allow the Windsor select board to close the road for OHRV use without a new legislative act.
Committee members and a Windsor resident described uncertainty about what local action, if any, had already occurred. Claire Poulliott, a Windsor resident who testified during the work session, said the town’s selectmen had considered placing a warrant article before voters but…
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