Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Get email alerts on the Roads topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
Selectboard authorizes excess-weight permit signing and addresses road-posting coordination
Summary
After concerns that heavy trucks could damage recently repaired roads, the Selectboard authorized the liaison to sign excess-weight permits and discussed coordinating postings with neighboring Bethel to prevent trucks from becoming stranded on posted roads.
Board members discussed recent decisions to post local roads to protect them from heavy loads following upgrades on a multi-million-dollar project and debated whether postings should coordinate with neighboring towns. One member noted the town had invested over $2.1 million on a road and wanted to ensure postings prevented heavy trucks from reaching the section and damaging it. The board agreed action should be coordinated with neighboring Bethel and that the road foreman should be supported rather than criticized publicly by a single member.
The Selectboard voted to authorize the town liaison to sign excess-weight permits for heavy vehicles, and members urged better advance coordination so postings at jurisdictional boundaries happen simultaneously. "Make a decision as a select board and then make a recommendation to the road foreman," one member said, urging a board-level approach to operational choices.
