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Resident urges Middletown to address gravel runoff from River Road into adjacent wetlands
Summary
Resident Peter Solberg told the agency that repeated graveling of River Road has washed large quantities of material into an adjacent preserve and wetland, and asked the town to adopt engineered stormwater mitigation and culverts instead of continually adding gravel; staff pledged to relay the complaint to Public Works.
At the start of the meeting’s public open forum, resident Peter Solberg (3573 River Road) urged the agency to address chronic gravel runoff from River Road that he said has been deposited into an adjacent nature preserve and wetlands.
Solberg described repeated road washouts where the town has put down new gravel and graders have replenished the surface, leaving material that he said washes into the wetland and buries wetland vegetation. He told the commission there are beavers and a stream in the preserve and estimated the amount of gravel ‘‘at least, you know, 5,000 yards’’ in the affected areas.
Solberg said he had contacted the mayor’s office and Public Works in 2024 but saw no engineering remedy, and he urged the town to include mitigation in upcoming road work rather than continuing to add gravel. Staff told Solberg they would relay his concern to the acting Public Works director, Bob Russo, and check whether mitigation measures could be included in planned road work or bond projects.
The commission did not take formal action at the meeting but directed staff to follow up with Public Works on the resident’s request for an engineered stormwater solution and culverts.
