from Templeton town website.

This is our fourth project highlight for the month of July. The Gilman Waite Scoreboard was completed in coordination with Parks & Recreation, Templeton Municipal Light & Water as well as our Highway with Building & Grounds crews. This relatively new scoreboard will provide folks that attend games to stay updated with the latest results and statistics for each game. We would like to recognize and give thanks to Woodford Electric, IBEW Local 104 and Graves Concrete for their generous donations which the Select Board accepted.

The Town of Templeton is continuing with positive progress and momentum working with our many Boards, Committees and Commissions. Stay tuned for our next project highlight!

No time for administrator reports but time for patting themselves on back because somethings got done that town meeting voted for and/or volunteers completed - nice.

This was done by all volunteers and with the exception of Templeton Light dept., this was not really a town project. You realize the Scout Hall reuse committee was created February 22, 2016 and where is that project at? Do you realize the police station rebuild was started with a vote back in November 2015 and it is still not complete. Not to mention these now highlighted projects have been done for a while, seems like town hall is on a rerun summer schedule because that is all they got, reruns. How is that veterans park coming along, there was a big to do on that at the site of the Rivers Edge park.

 from Templeton town web site.

"Our third highlight will be town roads and initiatives that are complete or will be getting completed relatively soon. As one can see in the photo, Hamlet Mill Road has been resurfaced with Winter Recovery Assistance Program (WRAP) monies. Hamlet Mill also received new street signs as well. The Town is in the process of replacing all street signs as part of a phased plan so folks will see these improvements throughout town which has been funded out of the Town's free cash. Additionally, a portion of Brooks Road was redone using the WRAP monies."

"The Town has been diligent following a Pavement Management Plan from 2018 while prioritizing our roadways."

 new street signs, all at different annual town meetings, June 2020, article 21 -$7,500.00, May 2021, article 18 - $7,500.00, May 2022, article 25 - $7,500.00, May 2023, article 25 - $7,500.00. Got to keep up!

Did the bridge on Hamlet Mill Road get repaired/replaced? Did the town put down the appropriate counter measures while working near a moving body of water? (Hay bales, silt curtain, etc.) How much drainage work was done on Hamlet Mill Road? Sidewalks installed?

from pavement study:

Begin to explore borrowing/bonding money to fund an affordable and effective roadway improvement program that funds both maintenance and

capital improvement projects. Road maintenance on roads in “good” condition cost less to maintain.

• Institute a regular drainage maintenance program that focuses on cutting back sand buildup at the edge of roads, re-establishing drainage swales to

low points, and ensuring debris free catch basins and pipes.

During our survey it well noted that annual sweeping of winter sand was deficient. Remants of sand was evident well after the spring season.

Furthermore, nearly 30% of drainage conditions found on Templeton roadways attributed to accelerated pavement deterioration, i.e. lack of shedding/blockage of positive water runoff, and erosion of shoulders.

When was the last selectmen meeting where road/sidewalk/drainage was discussed?