Access-width debate: 33, 49.5 or 66 feet? Committee weighs emergency access versus landowner burden

Apr 9, 2026

Members debated minimum widths for private access easements — 33 feet, 49.5 feet or 66 feet — with safety and future road-conversion concerns weighed against cost and land-take for landowners.

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Committee members engaged in a detailed discussion about appropriate minimum widths for private access easements and town roads. The transcript records arguments that 33-foot easements may be too narrow for modern emergency vehicles, while 66-foot rights-of-way protect future options for conversion to official town roads.

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