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Select board asks town staff to develop a $600,000 pavement funding plan using Chapter 90, free cash and one‑time National Grid monies
Summary
After a presentation showing the town's Pavement Condition Index (PCI) would decline under current funding, the board voted unanimously to have staff develop a plan to pursue an approximate $600,000 annual pavement program combining Chapter 90 funds, one‑time National Grid license payments and free cash to slow decline and improve roads.
Highway Superintendent Arthur Marcos presented a pavement management report showing Groveland's average PCI and modeled several funding scenarios. Marcos said the town's existing funding stream cannot keep up with deterioration and that roughly $600,000 per year would be a pragmatic target to slow decline and begin improving roadway condition scores.
"Right now any money we put in is making a dent, but we're not keeping up," Marcos said, outlining scenario graphs and miles of paving achievable at different funding levels: with current funding the PCI continues downward; at about $600,000 the network begins to stabilize and improve modestly.
Town Administrator Rebecca summarized hypothetical financing spreadsheets that couple Chapter 90 allocations, a three‑year stream of National Grid license payments and potential free‑cash allocations or reallocations from other one‑time items. She stressed the assumptions are hypothetical pending the town’s free cash certification and that National Grid funds are one‑time and would phase out after three years.
Board members discussed tradeoffs — including reduced one‑time capital projects or using reserves — and emphasized public transparency about what would be deferred. After the discussion Ms. Baker (Select Member) moved and the board seconded a motion "to ask the town administrator and highway superintendent to move forward with developing this plan and then presenting it as part of the capital plan." The motion passed unanimously.
The board asked staff to produce a concrete five‑year capital proposal and to return with options for funding mixes and impacts on other capital needs.
