GREENE – Selectmen gave two Lewiston companies paving contracts this week.
Deciding to hot top five town roads, the board divided the workload between Commercial Paving and RC & Son Paving.
Barrell Shop Road will be rebuilt with the proper ditches, culverts and grading before being paved with Richard Street and two sections of College Road by Commercial Paving.
Patten Road and North River Road were both awarded to RC & Son.
The combined cost of the projects is $240,237, leaving approximately $10,000 for any cleanup issues. The reserve could go toward ditching on Longley Road, said Town Manager Stephen Eldridge.
Selectmen confirmed with both contractors that driveway aprons have been included in the contracts. All money not used would go into surplus for next year.
Board Chairman Ron Grant said the roads would be paved by winter.
In other news, officials voted to keep the tax rate at $18.30, the same as last year.
Due to, in part, a well-structured school budget, selectmen commended the school directors, Budget Committee, and the superintendent for a proposal that does not raise the tax rate. This year’s school budget rose 2 percent.
Eldridge reported that Greene had an approximate $5.4 million increase in property valuation this year.
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