01/27/1982 BOARD OF SELECTMEN Minutes

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M 4 5 i w Sfyl'' i! 10 4 T�xao�&M74-�� IT I .� EAU J A l 2 Ell- PE State Aid Highways OFFICE l� Board of Selectmen January 18 , 1982 Ma hpee , SIA I am pleased to send you the following information concerning recently enacted legi lat�_on. The n,fo rzta ion relates t 10 a1 funds provided by. a Bond Issue for the State Aid Highway and Bikeway Programs, for. the construction of salt storage sheds., and a state- ment regarding the new program for "economic development" highways. S SATE AID HIGHWAY FUNDS Governor Edward J. King has s i geed into law Chapter 7 8 2 of the, Acts of 19 81 4P This Act provides a Transportation Development and I'mprrove- me t Program for the Commonwealth. Section 1 d of this Act- makes available "a sura not less than twenty-five 111ion dollars ($25 , 000 , 000 . for projects. for construction of town and county ways under subdivision (a) of clause - of section thirty-four of chapter ninety of the General Laws" . With this authori ati.on, -the Department will be able to increaseFund- ing of the State Aid Highway Program during the 1982 and 1983 fiscal years . The amount of funds to be made available to your Community for each of the is'Gal Years (1982 and 1983) is $30,587 .00 . These funds may be used for construction, reconstruction and improve- ment projects on all approved public ways which qualify under the State Aid Highway guidelines adopted by the Publid Works Commission. This Means the funds may be allocated to rdy pr. 3 ets , such as re ufac- ing and related work (the minimum for resurfacing shall- be a 3/4" course with a continuous length of 500 ' ) , and other work incidental to the above, such a..s prelir i ar engineering including State Aid/Consultant Design Agreements-, right=of-way acquisition, shoulders , side road approaches, Landscaping and tree planting, roadside drainage, structures (including bridges) , sidewalks, traffic control and service facilities, street lighting .(excluding operating costs) , traffic safety devices , unusual or disaster roadway operations , and for such other purposes as the Department may spec-ifically authorize . This allocation of funds will pr vide one hundred percent 100 reim- bursement ent of the costs for those projects which meet Department standards and are located on the State Aid Primary System, Lesser improvements and� projects on all other local roads will be reimbursed a, the seventy-five. percent (75%) level , with the balance to b . provided by the' munic ipa 1 i ty. L