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102 Report of the Highway Surveyor. . . � I To the Honorable Board of Selectmen and Citizens of the Town of Mashpee: I hereby submit the annual report of the Highway Sur- i veyor, to the Honorable Board of Selectmen and Taxpayers. Due to inflationary conditions we were forced to alter some of.our major projects where materials exceeded esti- mated cost. The Department now consists of seven full-time men and a full-time clerk. With one part-time man and,;two trainees from Ceta. These men are assigned to maintain ninety lane miles of town roads. They are also assigned to special projects of maintenance for other departments when requested by the Selectmen. They are also involved in road construction in designated areas throughout the town. The Town of Mashpee is growingso rapidly that our streets, which .were constructed in the 30's, of sand'and'oil mix with improper foundations are unable to carry heavy equipment;and heavy traffic of the present. This has caused extra maintenance problems; some are now being solved by new construction. Our Snow & Ice. problem which .now consists of more than three hundred.lane,miles still exists; because of the lack of equipment and the inability to hire dependable private'equipment: We have been forced to focus our atten- tion and town equipment on primary and secondary major I interstate routes. When these are cleared, we then °focus our efforts to private:..streets-and developments. We wish to I thank the Police Department-for_informing us promptly."of all hazardous conditions while they are on patrol. i I Chapter 90 Improvement — In an effort .to save the foundation that we have in Route 151 between the Mashpee Rotary Circle and the Falmouth Town Line, we.applied. a surface-of 1,540,feet,,by..twenty-six feet_wide 'arid one and a'half"ilnches-thick-with-drainage."`At a"cbst of $4,500.00. Under Chapter 90 Construction combined with Chapter i 1140 Bond Issue we excavated and applied a foundation and E i