Having watched the private road meeting about Laurel View Road, I think these citizens have had enough. I hope they do look into a lawsuit. The Town Administrator stating the Town has no money to do much if anything with regards to any kind of repairs on that road. Well, I recall the selectmen via the T/A let $190,000.00 plus ride over to next fiscal year which should mean a roll over to free cash (when certified by the DOR) as well as the T/A stating at an Advisory Committee meeting that he estimates certified free cash for Templeton this fall at about $800 thousand dollars. I think there would be some money to repair some issues on Laurel View Road. If the town has been plowing, sweeping and cutting brush and / or trees on the road for a number of years (over ten) and the town even repaired/rebuilt part of the road, maybe that would work for those residents in a court of law.
Besides, if the town does not plow the road, how would another town department do their job, Templeton light? These people have received a tax increase for services they probably will not have access to, fire and ambulance service. Again, the Town was responsible for the permits, inspections and signing off for the building of this subdivision, so why now hold the residents responsible for the elected officials mis-steps. This has the appearance of T/A management and policy making, with the backing of selectmen. Time will tell how the selectmen feel on this issue. I hope the residents stand tall and tough and demand what is right.
I think I just felt a tremor of sorts, could that be the house of cards falling?
Maybe that is the rug getting pulled from under the Board of Selectmen's feet. I can hardly wait when the newer people in this town who have spent big $ on some of their homes, finally figure out that the roads in this Town are not going to get fixed ! That should cause a major uproar, as it should ! Give us your money, pay on time ! Don't expect a lot, and you will not be disappointed.
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