Weathersfield Weekly Blog, September 2 edition
Fall colors and Flowers are here. Too soon! Local News Select Board to hear more about the Old Bow Road at their September 23 meeting At the Select Board meeting on August 26, a Public Hearing was held on the possible reclassification of the Old Bow Road. A petition to reclassify Old Bow Road from a Class IV to a Class III Town Road was submitted and received by the Select Board initiating this public hearing. Testimonies were taken and the Town Manager quoted the Vermont State statute stating "that the lack of a certificate of completion for a highway does not automatically indicate that the highway is not public. Even if it is not listed on the state highway mileage map, it can still be recognized as a town road". Some residents want a turn-around or circle for public safety and for the town to maintain the road. Other residents argue that they have been improving and maintaining the "private" road for decades at considerable cost to themselves and that the road...