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?
This was part of the Stantec Surveys conclusion:
ReplyDeleteStantec recognized that Templeton’s current
budget is not sufficient to treat enough of these segments and too many are
seeping into the more expensive treatments. It is because of this that Stantec
recommends that the Town should strive to secure $18,000,000 for the next ten
years, to address its roadway backlog, as found in the Progressive Funding
Scenario, and gain control of its deteriorating roadways.
The only way you can say Templeton is remotely following this pavement plan is by utilizing the road condition layout ( they suggest reviving yearly, but...) cause other than some free money from WRAP we've been doing the same damn thing as always.......Chapter 90 money is all we spend on roadways other than occasional culvert failure.
Main St Bridge is a prime example of Templetons ability to get anything done. We allocated $200,000 in 2019 for a 75% design by August of 2020 so we could be eleigable for grant funding, but our phenomenal management team (while being paid additional funds with closed office building) took a couple extra years to get to. Now we sit waiting to win lottery, but we are all about public safety.............
Dont confuse "The Publics safety" with "Public safety" spending because they are completely different beasts..........even contradictory IMHO...........
You show me were Templeton is doing any of this when diligently following the Pavement Plan.............lol
ReplyDeleteThe findings in this report illustrate current funding levels are low and will not
prevent expected roadway deterioration unless additional funding beyond
Chapter 90 apportionment is budgeted. Future roadway funding levels need to
be increased, as Templeton’s annual budget needs to include an aggressive
maintenance program for its currently fair condition streets, while also
addressing extensive structural and base rehabilitation needs
Based on Stantecs projection at the time of the study as you can see on page 35 of the Pavement Management study because we have continued to use only chapter 90 monies our backlog of $18,000,000 from 2018 is closer to a backlog of $30,000,000 (now adjusted for inflation closer to $35-40 million)
ReplyDeleteAgain, we are really close to diligently following the "Do Nothing" part of this plan, but not the recommendations!
Consistency; failure to follow recommendations from the study, failure to follow recommendations from DO and failure to follow recommendations from auditors and lastly, failure to follow their own policies.
ReplyDeleteJust plain FAILURE at every turn.
DeleteIt all leads back to the absolute unwillingness to be accountable or hold anyone accountable.
Chaos, just look at what they are doing. Our Administration is promoting past maintenance work as accomplishments, roads, roof, crack sealing? We are now paying so our employees can seek praise for actually doing their jobs.................wtf?
This was posted by the Towns Administration to the Town website:
ReplyDelete"The Town has been diligent following a Pavement Management Plan from 2018 while prioritizing our roadways."
See for yourself:
https://www.templetonma.gov/sites/g/files/vyhlif3911/f/file/file/pavement_management_study-final_report-10.29.18.pdf
on to the next exciting town project............the donated scoreboard and work for the Parks and Rec with Advertising built in.............whats the value of the advertising?
ReplyDeleteIf you look at the May 2023 BvA you'll see we have money remaining from 2022, 2023 and now 2024 from the Street sign replacement program.............cannot even keep up with a 10 year replacement plan..........
ReplyDeleteMinutes from 10/24/18 meeting:
ReplyDeleteb. Presentation: Pavement Management~ Bill Scarpati of Stantec was in attendance and gave
a presentation of the study done by his company. They did a town wide roadway inventory with
detailed evaluation of key distress indicators. Part of the recommendations were to increase
annual spending from the current approximate $300k to a minimum of $1.1 million and
hopefully up to $1.8 million to make advancements in the conditions of the roads.