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Holyoke committee asks mayor to fund overlay and start acceptance process for Old Bassett Road
Summary
After lengthy testimony from residents and staff about ownership, right‑of‑way and costs, the committee asked the mayor to fund a short‑term 2‑inch overlay and to initiate surveying/title work to pursue public‑acceptance for Old Bassett Road; item will go to full council Dec. 2.
The Public Safety Committee voted Nov. 25 to ask the mayor to provide funding both to pave Old Bassett Road with a 2‑inch overlay and to begin the land survey and title work necessary to pursue state acceptance as a public way.
Councilor Meg McGrath Smith said Old Bassett Road — discontinued as a county road in 1858 — now functions poorly for the two households at its end and presents an access problem for emergency vehicles. Victoria, a city engineer, told the committee the discontinued county action left ownership to abutting property owners (each owning to the centerline), and that modern acceptance would require a 50‑foot right‑of‑way…
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