Road Expense: June 2008 Archives
The Meredith News June 19th, 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,….
