Present: Hamblen, Casey, Dellorco, Mercer, Kelly, Jones, Padula, Pellegri, Earls (via remote phone call)
Absent: none
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Tony Gara, Beta engineering
Mike Maglio, Town Engineer
"goal to maximize the value and life of the pavement network"
crack sealing keeps the water out, prevent potholes
mill and fill
rubber chip seal (Forest St, and others)
used to be stone chip seal, now using rubber
microsurface, used on Prospect St
overlay, a layer of asphalt on top of existing road
hot in place recycling, very effective used on Washington St down to Bellingham
has been holding up very well (a very busy road with truck traffic)
Mill and overlay, use don Pond St
Reclaim and pave, most expensive option
RSR overall is 74
161 miles of accepted roads
the RSR previously was higher, override for roads were planned but did not pass
estimated backlog is approx $40M
Town has 26 parking lots and almost 2600 parking spaces, all require paving and maintenance
(this does not count the parking spaces along the roads)
road data to be posted online
narrowing the road is the best way to calm the traffic (i.e. as done on Lincoln and Oak St)
building inspector deals with the overgrown bushes and trees hanging in public ways/sidewalks
5 chip seal
10 overlay
10-15 hot in place
last analysis was done 6 years ago
road plans coordinated with water main replacements to do as much as possible at once effectively