The Planning and Zoning Commission held an informational meeting last week to hear about the two road projects – Elm Street, from Main to Gay streets, and Hubbard Street, from Boyd Street (Route 263) to its dead end. Public works Director James Rollins told the commission both projects will improve the roads, sidewalks and drainage. His department intends to put the projects out to bid this spring and begin construction this summer, with completion by fall. Engineers David Battista and Robert Colabella designed the Elm Street project, which Battista said is estimated to cost $1.55 million. The town is paying for most of the project through an $18.3 million bond package voters approved in 2022, Rollins noted. There is some state grant money covering the cost of certain sections. Battista said motorists traveling through that area during construction should be aware the town will at times make the roads one-way or block them off entirely, “depending on the work they’re doing and what kind of equipment they need to bring in to do the work.”
