Wayne Infrastructure Committee Reviews Road Projects, Budget Priorities

The Wayne Infrastructure Committee met on September 28 to review road project costs, approve minutes, and discuss specifications for future work. Members agreed on striping and signage for Old Winthrop Road, settled on gravel and grading standards, and set priorities for upcoming culvert and road projects. The committee also agreed to meet monthly, starting October 26 at 8 a.m.

Key points

• The committee approved four sets of minutes (April, May, June, July) with a correction to a financial figure in the May minutes.
• Road Commissioner Shannon reported the ditching and culvert contract with Pike Industries now totals $764,473, with paving on eight roads pushed from October 1 to October 6.
• The committee agreed to stripe Old Winthrop Road from Gock Road to Route 133 with white edge lines and a double yellow center line, and to consider chevrons and signage, after residents previously opposed speed bumps.
• Members settled on a grading spec calling for crushed three-quarter-inch minus gravel from a hard rock quarry with 7 to 12 percent fines, over concerns that bank run gravel would washboard.
• The committee agreed to put the Berry Road culvert project out for spring construction rather than this fall, with Brian and Mark to survey Berry Road and Richmond Mills Road first.
• David raised a safety concern about trees below and around the town dams, and he and Brian will recommend which trees should be cut.

Next steps

• Brian and Mark will inspect Berry Road and Richmond Mills Road and prepare specifications by mid-December for a spring culvert RFP.
• Brian and Mark will inspect cross culverts in the next month to prepare a bid package for February.
• Shannon will clean up the grading and roadside mowing specifications and send them to committee members for review.
• Committee members will review and sign the annual boards and committees policy acknowledgment.
• The committee will meet next on October 26 at 8 a.m.

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