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Select Board signs off on recycling repairs and PSNH settlement, backs rail-trail support amid cost surge

Swansea Select Board · March 19, 2026
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Summary

The board authorized small capital withdrawals for a recycling-center water-line repair and approved paying a $263,373.05 settlement to Public Service of New Hampshire; members also authorized a letter of support for rail-trail kiosks while noting an engineering cost increase on a trail segment from about $1.8M to $2.9M that would raise the town’s 20% share to roughly $580,000.

At its meeting the Swansea Select Board approved several routine and nonroutine expenditures and authorized a support letter for a rail-trail grant proposal while flagging a substantial rise in estimated repair costs on a trail segment.

Recycling center: Staff presented a completed repair to the recycling center’s main water line after repeated freezing and steaming out about 25 feet of ice; technicians recommended and installed heat tape. The board authorized a $4,049.10 withdrawal from the recycling center capital reserve fund to cover the cost. The motion passed by voice…

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