Priority Roads Revealed for Phase I of Road Renewal Plan
Tuesday night's Board of Selectmen Meeting.
At Tuesday's Board of Selectmen meeting, First Selectman Matthew Knickerbocker revealed the priority list of Phase I of the Road Renewal Plan for 2011. Roads were chose based on input from both town fire departments, the police department and the highway department.
The list includes 2o roads and one parking lot, which equates to 7.5 miles and about 110 square miles of road. The project is expected to begin early this spring.
Though the approved plan allocates bonding $2 million for 2011, the estimated cost to fix the roads listed would cost just more than $2.6 million. Knickerbocker said, "We may not get to all of them, but we'll do as much as we can until the money runs out."
The list below is in alphabetical order, as the schedule for the repaving has yet to be determined.
| Road Name | Length (in mi.) | Total Cost |
| Aunt Patty's Lane West | .73 | $256,091 |
| Budd Drive | .13 | $52,747 |
| Buff Lane | .05 | $19,893 |
| Castle Hill Drive | .35 | $139,252 |
| Church Camp Ground | .17 | $65,783 |
| Diamond Avenue | .42 | $114,548 |
| Green Pasture Road | .39 | $155,166 |
| Gretchen Lane | .17 | $66,913 |
| Linda Lane | 1.25 | $275,690 |
| McNeil Road | .13 | $52,747 |
| N. Hearthstone Drive | .14 | $55,701 |
| Partridge Drive | .28 | $111,402 |
| Quaker Ridge Road | .47 | $186,995 |
| Ridgedale Road | .16 | $64,050 |
| Reservoir Street | .68 | $173,031 |
| Walnut Hill Road (from Benedict Road to Weed Road) | .68 | $269,763 |
| Walnut Hill Road (from Weed Road to Town Line) | .58 | $229,763 |
| Weed Road | .59 | $234,739 |
| Williams Road | .10 | $40,163 |
| YMCA Building (Lot & Drive) | - | $63,269 |
| Totals: | 7.5 mi. | $2,627,796 |
Other highlights from the Board of Selectmen meeting:
- The Board of Selectmen approved the date of the annual town budget meeting to be Monday, May 2 at 7:30 p.m.
- Selectman Richard Straiton said the temporary ProAccess Teen Center location in the basement of the Clifford J. Hurgin Municipal Center should be completed by the end of January.
- After hearing an update from the Public Site and Building Commission, the Board of Selectmen plan on meeting together later in the week to determine the next step of the Bethel Public Library's renovations, particularly how to effectively use grants.
- The board approved the consideration of land donation to the town on Dodgingtown Road and the consideration of the Old Hawleyville Road widening.
- Mary O'Leary was appointed to the Library Board of Directors to fill the vacancy left by Jim Forman.
- The board tabled the Blight Ordinance draft proposal until its next meeting.
Daniel R Gaita
6:22 pm on Monday, January 10, 2011
Now we're up to $2,600,000. Already an increase of over $600,000 from original budget estimates provided by the First Selectman.... This is why the BOF scaled back Mr. Knickerbockers original proposal....This is why they have a hard time trusting what he says.