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Residents urge signs and enforcement as Pikes Falls fills with cars and litter
Summary
Neighbors told the Select Board that Pikes Falls is regularly crowded—30–45 cars on busy days—creating parking in travel lanes, trespass on private property and heavy littering. Speakers urged clearer signage, coordinated sheriff enforcement and a designated town parking area.
Residents described escalating safety and litter problems at Pikes Falls during public comment and asked the board to make signage and enforcement a recurring agenda item.
“One day we picked up a towel that we use as a trash bag and filled that with all the trash that was down there,” a resident said during the meeting, recounting recent cleanup efforts and requesting more frequent sheriff patrols and clearer parking instructions. Speakers said visitors often park half in the travel lane, block sight lines on curves and walk through private yards because trailheads and pull‑offs are not obvious to out‑of‑area visitors.
Board members discussed short‑term fixes—installing simple “No parking in roadway” signs at clear points, designating a town pull‑off for 10–12 cars, and coordinating with the sheriff’s office and road commissioner on enforcement and signage placement. Residents suggested adding parking capacity messaging to Google and other recreation listings and exploring a monitored capacity model used at larger state parks.
The board agreed to keep the item on a recurring agenda for follow‑up, to arrange a site visit with the road commissioner and sheriff representatives, and to explore sign wording and placement that would be enforceable under the town’s parking ordinance.
