West Swanzey officials agree to add fourth rail-trail crossing after vendor discount leaves budget room

Town staff briefed the board on a grant-funded project to install pedestrian crossing signals on the rail trail and Matthews Road and the board reached consensus to add a fourth crossing after a vendor discount created room in the grant budget.

At the meeting, staff said New England Signal Systems submitted a later “top” quote near $74,320 and that an earlier written quote had been about $69,000. Staff told the board the vendor had given a municipal discount that altered the project numbers submitted with the grant application; the discount complicates…