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Select Board flags culvert complaint, road maintenance needs and FEMA funding opportunities
Summary
Select Board members reported a plugged culvert on Egan Road linked to a claimed verbal maintenance agreement, ongoing maintenance deficits on Farnsworth Road, a hazardous condition on McMann Road, and the potential to pursue FEMA funding for permanent repairs at five locations.
Select Board member Harry Juergens reported that Malcolm Tileston submitted a complaint that a culvert under his Egan Road driveway is plugged. Juergens said the complaint includes an asserted verbal agreement that the Town would maintain the culvert in exchange for storm drainage onto Tileston’s property and that the board should verify such an agreement; if true, Juergens said such agreements should be reduced to writing and recorded going forward.
Juergens also reported a complaint from Mark Allyn about insufficient maintenance on Farnsworth Road and described a hazardous condition on McMann Road that received temporary remediation. He urged the board to act quickly on hazardous conditions while improving internal communication when temporary fixes are implemented.
Juergens noted that FEMA funding may be available to support permanent repairs at five locations around town. Separately, Select Board member Clayton Macdonald reported ongoing work to compile New Hampshire town road budgeting data to inform Stratford’s approach to road maintenance; staff member Kitty is collating road questionnaires and the board plans another road workshop in a few weeks to prepare the budget and anticipate potential costs.
No formal votes or allocations were recorded on these road items at this meeting; the discussion focused on verifying existing obligations, planning the road-budget workshop and pursuing external funding for permanent repairs.
