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Last November, Town Administrator Carter Terenzini presented the Route 25 corridor study results to the Board of Selectmen. This was at the same meeting that Stewart Lamprey made his presentation about Fox Hollow. Mr. Lamprey stated that Fox Hollow had been identified by the DOT and the Lakes Region Planning Board as the most dangerous intersection, with 27 accidents and 2 fatalities within 1000 feet of the intersection.

Karel Crawford made the statement, ‘I don’t feel the commissioner should dedicate to one part of the road (Rt 25). We have to represent the town of Moultonboro, and we have to represent the entire town, and others on the other intersection. I feel that because politically, because someone knew someone, though he has every right to do so, it feels wrong for the DOT to pick one road because Mr. Lamprey lives on Fox Hollow Road.’ This is quoted from The Meredith News, November 20, 2008.

 It was decided after much discussions over several weeks, that Fox Hollow would be moved to the top of the list of intersections to address. There have been several engineering firms out at the site of Fox Hollow and Route 25 studying the area and planning how to “fix” the intersection. The town is in the process of hiring a Town Planner to work with the recently hired engineering firm of KV Partners, LLC.

The planning was going along rather smoothly until late in the afternoon of Tuesday June 2, 2009 when there was a serious accident on Route 25 by the intersection of Sheridan Road. This prompted Moultonboro resident Shirley Oliver, to bring a petition signed by 35 or so residents to the Board of Selectmen, asking them to revisit the Route 25 corridor study. The Board accepted the petition and stated that they would present it to the DOT. Another citizen reported that this was the 4^th accident to occur at the intersection in 2009.

It would seem that the corridor study was spot on. One only has to travel on Route 25 west on an icy, snowy day to understand why Sheridan Road is considered to be quite dangerous.

We hope that the Board of Selectmen will be successful in their efforts to convince the DOT that Sheridan Road is in fact a higher priority than Fox Hollow and should be addressed sooner than later. …And no one stands to gain financially from improving Sheridan Road.

“I don’t feel the commissioner should dedicate to one part of the road (Rt. 25). We have to represent the town of Moultonboro, and we have to represent the entire town, and others on the other intersection. I feel that because politically, because someone knew someone, though he has every right to do so, it feels wrong for the DOT to pick one road because Mr. Lamprey lives on Fox Hollow Road.”  Karel Crawford, Chair, Moultonboro Board of Selectmen

The Meredith News  November 20, 2008

SARAH SCHMIDT

SSCHMIDT@SALMONPRESS.COM

MOULTONBORO — With a few reservations, the Moultonboro Board of Selectmen voted unanimously to move the Fox Hollow Road project to the top of the list for repairs, provided that the Department of Transportation comes through with the promised two-thirds funding. The issue came up last week as Town Administrator Carter Terenzini presented the town’s findings of the Rt. 25 Intersection Design Matrix, and Fox Hollow resident Stewart Lamprey urged the board to trust in the DOT’s word on the road. To the dismay of some, the Fox Hollow Road intersection scored sixth on the list in accident history and cost, and therefore in priority. The Rt. 25 intersection most in need of work was determined to be Redding Lane, near the Robbs Citgo, followed by Sheridan Road, Lake Shore east, Lake Shore west, Glidden Road, Fox Hollow Road, and Saw Mill Road. Lamprey disagreed with these findings, and asked the selectmen to put Fox Hollow at the top of the list during that meeting. In terms of improving the sight lines on the intersection, Lamprey said that he had worked as an unpaid assistant to help a state “department with some problems.” While doing the work, Lamprey said, he spoke with Department of Transportation Commissioner George Campbell about the problem, who agreed.....

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"I think it's a great idea myself, having worked with DOT myself on our Kelsea Avenue project. I do think that this is an opportunity to try to address the basic procedures on working with the state on projects like this." Center Harbor Selectman Charley Hanson

By ERIN PLUMMER
eplummer@citizen.com

The Citizen Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Community representatives from around the state will share concerns and open communication with the Department of Transportation as part of a transportation advisory committee.
A committee of 14 representatives from organizations and municipalities around New Hampshire met for the first time with DOT officials last week.
The committee was a result of contact between DOT Commissioner George Campbell and the Local Government Center regarding communication between municipalities and the state on transportation issues. The discussion came amid concerns over budget shortfalls and the need to repair infrastructure.
The committee will provide input to the DOT on transportation needs in each area and resolve communication issues.
"Its really mainly a communication thing and to advise the commission on the upcoming issues that DOT already is (encountering)," said committee member and Center Harbor Selectman Charley Hanson. "I think it's a great idea myself, having worked with DOT myself on our Kelsea Avenue project. I do think that this is an opportunity to try to address the basic procedures on working with the state on projects like this."
Center Harbor has had extensive talks with the DOT regarding severe drainage issues on Kelsea Avenue and Kelly Court, where residents and town officials have previously expressed frustration with communication delays with the state. The town has also worked with the DOT on High Haith Bridge, a small bridge on the state's red list.

Hanson and Franklin City Manager Elizabeth Corrow are the members of the 14-member committee from the Lakes Region. Also on the committee are Mayor Donnalee Lozeau of Nashua; Assistant City Manager William Prokop of Keene; City Councilor Sandra Keans of Rochester; Town Managers Glenn English of Haverhill and Julia Griffin of Hanover; Public Works Directors Chris Temple from Claremont, Carl Quiram from Goffstown, Edward Roberge from Concord, and Jennifer Perry from Exeter; Finance Director Dana Call of Windham; Cliff Sinnott of the Rockingham Planning Commission, and Lewis Feldstein, president of the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation.

"It's really cutting across all swatches of the state," Hanson said. "I think it's a pretty good cross section of people."

The committee's first meeting was last Friday and, according to Hanson, lasted for two-and-a-half hours with committee members talking about issues in their communities.
The advisory group will meet around three times a year and the agenda will be open, allowing committee members to discuss any issues that come up.
"Hopefully it will be an opportunity to provide input so the level of frustration on both sides can be greatly reduced so things work well," Hanson said.

The Meredith News         June 19^th, 2008

MEREDITH/MOULTONBORO

— Escalating costs for construction and asphalt have selectmen in both Meredith and Moultonboro raising eyebrows and considering whether to scale back road reconstruction this year.Though the estimate for the oft-debated Ossipee Park Road is “spot-on,” Moultonboro Town Administrator Carter Terenzini reported that estimates for other road projects had increased dramatically beyond what had been anticipated in winter. Though Terenzini said the town staff made a decision to pull Sawmill Road out of the task list of roads, due to a need for further traffic study, the costs for the other roads remained high. “The initial estimates were dramatically out of whack,” said Terenzini. “The LBG engineer acknowledged that it didn’t fit together right.” But even excluding Sawmill Road, the total comes to $365,000 - still about 25 percent over budget,….

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