ROADS

How would you describe Chebeague’s roads: disgraceful? poor but safe? adequate? boring? expensive?

Since last spring the Town of Chebeague Island has had a ROAD PLAN providing options for fixing our roads. It has also had a ROAD PLAN COMMITTEE to recommend specific projects to be included in the budget each year. THIS COMMITTEE NEEDS YOUR IDEAS AND OPINIONS ABOUT SUCH THINGS AS:

Should we spend substantial amounts of money on making repairs

to the road beds of poor roads to reduce long-term maintenance

costs? Do you think it would save money in the long run?

Should some crossroads (think about your own if you live on one)

be returned to gravel from asphalt? What if this was the least

expensive option?

Should we borrow money and increase the Town’s debt to do all

the road repairs at one time, saving money by bringing equipment

and supplies out only one time, or repair the roads over 10 to 20

years, using money put aside in each year’s capital budget?

The Road Plan Committee will hold a Meeting on

Roads and the Road Plan

Thursday November 3 at 7:15 at the Hall

It’s your tax money that fixes the road. Come and have a say.