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Selectboard: town highway crew will perform road rehab; residents worried about maintenance quality
Summary
Officials said the town highway crew will carry out the rehabilitation to keep costs down and not be displaced. Residents voiced concerns about recent grading, ditching on Lighthouse Hill and pothole repairs.
Residents asked whether the road rehab project would result in outside contractors replacing the town highway crew. The selectboard said the town crew was selected to perform the work and emphasized cost savings from using in-house staff.
The transcript records the board's response: "NO OUTSIDE COMPANIES WOULD BE HIRED TO DO THE WORK FOR THE PROJECT." Residents also raised quality concerns about ongoing grading and ditching work. Road foreman Dave Wilder addressed those concerns, confirming that "at least one pass would be made on all town roads before the crew got busy working on the project." Meeting attendees expressed appreciation for the highway crew's winter work despite the maintenance concerns.
