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Groveland staff outline $600,000 target to stop road network decline; board asks for funding plan
Summary
Highway Superintendent Arthur Marcos and the town administrator presented a pavement management report showing that a roughly $600,000 annual program would halt the town’s pavement condition decline; the board asked staff to develop a multi‑year financing plan combining Chapter 90, potential National Grid receipts and free cash.
Highway Superintendent Arthur Marcos presented Groveland’s pavement management summary at the July 20 Select Board meeting, showing current pavement condition index (PCI) data, lane‑mile targets and a set of funding scenarios. Marcos said the town’s current annual Chapter 90 allocations are insufficient to raise PCI and that an annual funding target around $600,000 is where the network would start to show improvement rather than continued decline.
"If you add if you go to 600, you'd pave 3.49 miles," Marcos said while illustrating how different funding levels translate into lane‑miles paved each year. He explained the tradeoffs: $300k–$400k keeps the town on a slow decline; $600k would flatten and begin to reverse deterioration; higher levels produce faster improvement. Marcos also outlined preservation strategies (crack sealing, micro‑surfacing) that can extend pavement life and amplify the impact of additional funds.
Town staff modeled scenarios that combine stable Chapter 90 receipts, a proposed set‑aside of free cash and one‑time National Grid license receipts over three years to reach the target without a one‑time override. After discussion, a board member moved that the town administrator and highway superintendent develop the funding scenario and bring it forward as part of the capital plan; the motion passed unanimously.
The board asked staff to return with a spreadsheet showing how a steady $600,000 commitment would affect the capital plan and what tradeoffs — for example, reduced free cash for other capital items — would be required. Marcos said contractors have the capacity to ramp up if additional funds become available and that the town’s pavement software now provides annual assessments to track progress.
