KINGFIELD — Route 27 reconstruction plans may include locating historical deeds and maps that document ownership and rights of way along Main Street.

At Monday night’s meeting, selectmen reviewed progress of a possible agreement among several property owners and the town for access to private property along the Carrabassett River. The public has been allowed to use a private way that extends from a former video store on the south end of Main Street to Route 16, behind Longfellow’s Restaurant.

Mill Street, a short access throughway from Main Street to the Carrabassett River, also has been used by the public. The town could gain several Main Street parking spaces by closing the Mill Street access and building a sidewalk in its place.

The Maine Department of Transportation plans to reconstruct Route 27, including the section through town. A Road Reconstruction Committee has met with state engineers to develop a preliminary plan, committee Chairman David Guernsey told selectmen. He advised selectmen the town must secure an easement from the abutting property owners, seek legal counsel to close Mill Street and determine accurate property lines of all the landowners involved.

Selectmen authorized him to start working with Acme Engineering to review the historic property lines and decide what additional information to seek from legal counsel and the Franklin County Registry of Deeds.

State engineers expect to meet again with residents in December to review changes, Guernsey said. Many of the committee’s proposals can be implemented with minimal costs for the town, including the addition of the sidewalk that will close access to Mill Street.

The town’s Village Enhancement Committee has suggested that improvements, such as a picnic area and gazebo, would benefit the property along the river and the town as a whole.

Selectmen have asked property owners to continue to let the town use their property along the riverfront. Letters have been sent to Judith and Paul Colburn, Dennis and Pamela Bare, Lee and Rosemary Corro, Kingfield Properties LLC, Marla Farris, George and Pat Buck, and John Goldfrank, but not all agree on the wording of the proposed agreement.

Longfellow’s Restaurant owner John Goldfrank said he would consider signing a letter of agreement if the town addresses several of his concerns about the changes caused by the proposed Mill Street closure.

“We like David’s (Guernsey) plan,” he said. “We’d like to ask the town to plow that property, though, or pay a private contractor to plow it.”