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Select Board finalizes 2025 work plan, highlights Rt. 27 safety and airport grant work
Summary
The Select Board reviewed and finalized the Town Manager’s 2025 Work Plan, which lists Rt. 27 safety concerns, airport runway and master-plan grant work, Anti-Gravity Center and Outdoor Center improvements, and near- and long-term capital projects including a shuttle shower concept and ADA work.
The Carrabassett Valley Select Board reviewed and finalized the Town Manager’s proposed 2025 Work Plan on June 2, setting priorities across safety, facilities, recreation, and infrastructure.
The board noted Rt. 27 safety as a community priority but recognized many elements depend on the Maine Department of Transportation; Town Manager Garrett Corbin and Select Board member Roddy Ehrlenbach highlighted roadside debris and local staffing constraints for maintenance. The board kept the work-plan language broad to allow town staff to pursue improvements where feasible.
The work plan includes multiple near-term capital projects: coordination for the Sugarloaf Short Course project, CVA High Performance Center coordination, exploration of pickleball facilities and town office expansion, and continued work on Caribou Pond Road (noting the road is not town-owned and some bridge repairs fall to the Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands). Recreation projects include a new pump track, toddler trail planning, trail repairs at Stoney Brook (delayed by weather and staffing), and signage and interpretive materials across town trails.
Airport-related priorities call for securing grants and completing design work for runway rehabilitation and an Airport Master Plan update; the minutes record grant submissions and test borings as complete or in progress. Recreation and facility items include ADA improvements to the Outdoor Center entry ramp, skatelite and ramp repairs at the Anti‑Gravity Center, fire-suppression tank inspection, and work on HVAC and clubhouse repairs at the golf course.
The work plan also records sustainability and community resilience efforts—Community Resiliency Grants, possible compost drop-off expansion, and ongoing coordination with Sugarloaf’s Sustainability Coordinator—and identifies a Shuttle Shower (bus wash) project with a reserve balance of $458,263 and a previously estimated total project cost near $1.4 million. The board directed staff to continue developing project details and grant strategies and to return with timing and funding recommendations.
