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Brookfield to proceed with municipal timber sale to fund Old Governor's Road repairs; gate debate continues
Summary
Town officials reviewed and signed timber-sale and wetlands paperwork for a municipal harvest intended to fund repairs to Old Governor's Road; conservation members backed the sale as a way to generate on-site fill, but a dispute over whether a gate can bar vehicle access under RSA 231:21-a remained unresolved.
Brookfield Town officials moved forward with paperwork for a municipal timber sale designed to generate revenue to repair a wet, low section of Old Governor's Road and restore access to a hayfield.
Unidentified Speaker 7, presenting the harvest plan, said the project uses two on-site log landings and hopes to use excavated material as fill on the road to reduce the town's need to buy processed aggregate. He told the board three copies of the timber-sale contract (Ellie Taylor and Sons) and two copies of a work agreement with his company were ready and that insurance certificates and a timber-tax bond calculation were included. He said timber-tax at 10% had been backed out of stumpage values in the…
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