LIVERMORE FALLS — A mobile home declared dangerous by the town has been sold and the property cleaned up to town specifications.

Town Manager Jim Chaousis told selectmen he inspected the property at 418 Campground Road, now owned by Albert Elliot of Wilton, and everything the town requested was done. 

The mobile home was demolished and the building debris was removed from the property. All other trash, metal and hazardous materials have also been removed, Chaousis said.

Selectmen had ordered the condemned trailer, formerly owned by Leo Copp, to be restored to a livable standard and to clean up the property, after a public hearing in August. Copp had 30 days to do it. During that time the property was sold.

In other business, Chaousis outlined the new bike and walk path being built along Foundry Road. The nearly ¾-mile path will start behind the police station and run 300 feet on the left side of Foundry Road and then cross over to the right-hand side and run another 2,800 feet, and after the treatment plan cross back over to the left side. It will go another 700 feet before it comes to an end past Verso Paper’s carry-in boat launch on the Androscoggin River.

The granite slabs that line the edge of the area where people park to use or visit the recreation field will be moved to 10 feet from the pavement of the Foundry Road, Chaousis said.

The 10-foot path will go between the embankment of the field and the granite markers, he said.

People who will be coming up or going down to the field will have to cross the path to get there.

There will be specified crossing areas, Chaousis said.

Parking will be more cramped than it is, he said, but people could use the parking at the skate park or near the municipal building.

A lot of work has been done on clearing the area and installing culverts by the town’s highway crew. Some places will need a lot of fill, Chaousis said.

Castonguay Excavation and Logging of Livermore Falls was awarded the contract to do the earthwork on Friday at a bid of about $98,085. The project is estimated to cost about $223,000 with a federal and state grant picking up 80 percent of the project and the town 20 percent.

All of the equipment will be idled and moved out of the way for the Saturday, Sept. 26, Apple Pumpkin Festival, Chaousis said.

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