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Town officials brief Washington County commissioners on Boonsboro road and reservoir projects
Summary
Boonsboro leaders told Washington County commissioners that the Chase 6/Campus Avenue realignment, Crestview bypass and a reservoir replacement are underway but delayed by utility relocations and state inspections; the town said incremental state approvals and coordination with Potomac Edison and Verizon are moving the work toward completion later this year.
Boonsboro town representatives briefed Washington County commissioners on several major infrastructure projects, saying utilities work and state inspections have slowed construction but incremental approvals and coordination are progressing toward completion later this year.
Rachel, a Boonsboro town representative, told the commissioners that the Chase 6 and Campus Avenue realignment cannot move to demolition and full road construction until Potomac Edison and Verizon finish pole relocations and power connections. "We are just waiting on Verizon and Potomac Edison to complete the process for the different pole relocations," she said, adding that the Maryland Department of the Environment has issued incremental approvals to let portions of the work proceed while other permits and inspections are finalized.
The town said the delay has pushed the timeline back a few weeks but officials still hope to finish the road work this fall and, if possible, before the new school year to avoid hazards at the Maple Hill Road crossing. A county participant emphasized urgency, saying the intersection improvements are needed to reduce the risk to schoolchildren.
Officials also updated the commissioners on the Crestview bypass and Potomac Street work. Town staff said the Crestview contractor is installing vaults and no longer congesting the road, but the Potomac Street contractor has been staggered by repeated stops to address items raised by a State Highway traffic inspector, which has slowed progress.
On water infrastructure, town staff reported the reservoir replacement is near the testing phase. "The old reservoir was 1.2 million gallons, I believe, and the new one is 1 million, but it is two half‑million tanks," Rachel said, describing the two-tank configuration as providing better redundancy if one tank requires service or repairs.
Town officials tied the infrastructure work to local development: active construction at Dean South is under way, while Dean North and a smaller subdivision called Ringley cannot be approved until the connecting road is in place. The town also noted coordination challenges tied to permit detail, including a state requirement that flagging operations be separated by at least 1.5 miles, which complicated overlapping contractor schedules.
Speakers thanked county staff for ongoing assistance, highlighted recent community events including a carnival, and invited commissioners to a Friday night Fourth of July fireworks event starting at dusk (around 9:30 p.m.). The meeting closed with brief farewells to members marking their final meetings and a motion to adjourn, which was seconded and carried without further action.
No formal votes on ordinances or budgets were taken at the session; next steps reported were continued utility coordination, county inspections and completion milestones the town aims to meet this fall.
