NEW SHARON – Selectmen are still searching for a site to build a sand and salt shed.
The site they’re looking for would be about three or four acres and adhere to certain restrictions, including not being close to homes with wells, said Selectmen’s Chairman Jim Smith on Friday. Selectmen have been out looking at sites, he said.
“We’ve had a few clues,” he said, but nothing has panned out so far.
The town’s salt and sand pile is on private property now, and town officials want to move it to a state-approved, town-owned site.
Selectmen have been exploring options for several years. Over the years, they have set aside more than $150,000 for the project, which would include buying the property.
In August, voters had authorized preliminary work, which included evaluating a town-owned site on Route 2. But that site didn’t work, Smith said.
So board members are looking again, he said.
In March 2004, voters rejected spending $272,760 to build a shed. Instead, they wanted selectmen to explore more options.
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