Sensible Spending -Local: June 2009 Archives

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 4th 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.

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