The January Road Advisory Committee meeting was held on Thursday, January 8. A couple of Plymouth Fire Fighters came in and spoke about how frustrating it is for them when they are responding to an emergency and can only travel at 5 mph because of the road. I passed around a few pictures. One showing how bad the road was a few weeks ago. The other was a picture of a School Bus and Delivery Truck that got stuck trying to pass each other. (Thanks Dan!) People that don't drive on roads like this really don't understand our frustration. The pictures help.
Sid (Town Engineer) showed us a map that they have put together with the various drainage requirements that will be necessary as part of the paving project. One of their biggest concerns is that residents will not be willing to grant the town drainage easements, forcing the town into eminent domain takings that are very costly. It just goes to show how complicated this process has become. The RAC is working on some statistics to show how much money it's costing the town to maintain SPR as gravel. Money that would be better spent towards paving. I think they all agree it needs to be paved, our job will be to convince the Selectman that it's time to do it. JB (DPW Director) will be in attendance at the next RAC meeting to present his full report. Aaron Wallace (Plymouth Emergency Management director) will also be at the next meeting to discuss Ship Pond road as an evacuation route. PLEASE attend this next meeting if you can. February 5th, 6:30pm at the Cedarville Community Center.
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