FARMINGTON — Action on a request to turn Deerfield Lane over to the town was delayed by selectmen on Tuesday.

The short piece of road, roughly 300 feet at the end of Galilee Road in the Cascade Leisure Park area, was created as part of Community Concepts’ Head Start building, Town Manager Richard Davis told the board.

They would like to now make it a town way, meaning the town would accept responsibility for it forever, he said.

Davis recommended the board not to accept the road until it meets town specifications. Project engineers were alerted to concerns regarding only a base level of hot top and an outflow pipe and collection pond near the road but the work has not been undertaken.

The board couldn’t act because acceptance of the road needs to go before town voters, he said. It may be too late in the season to accomplish the work in time to place the request on the March town meeting warrant.

In other business, selectmen met again with James “Skip” Hasty, tenant of the 466 Industry Road property owned by Marc Hand. During an October public hearing held to determine if the property is an illegal junkyard, the board gave Hasty more time to clear the property of an accumulation of cars, appliances and other materials.

“We were looking forward to a bigger change,” Chairman Stephan Bunker told Hasty as the board reviewed photos of the property taken Tuesday.

Hasty said he has been working on it but had other things to do.

The board recommended a more “concerted effort” with one trip to the dump making quite a change. Selectmen also expressed concern about the potential for snow coming before the work is completed and encouraged Hasty to take care of the junk before then.

The board agreed to review the work completed at their next meeting.

Work on the Maple Avenue property owned by Jonathan and Benjamin Cummings has progressed enough to cover the issues of concern to the selectmen. The debris from a December fire has been removed, the front side of the building covered and the safety issues are completed resolving concerns about it being a dangerous building.

The board voted to close the issue.

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