LIVERMORE — Selectpersons at their meeting on Tuesday, March 12, were asked about whose responsibility it is to remove dangerous trees near roads.
“In the interest of public safety, what is the right way to fix something up on Waters Hill,” resident Jim Manter asked. “There are at least four large trees that have limbs hanging over the road that are dead.”
Concerns about dead tree limbs hanging over Waters Hill Road are a concern of resident Jim Manter, he said at the selectpersons meeting held Tuesday night, March 12, in Livermore. Google maps screen capture
He didn’t know who is responsible for taking them down – the town, the state or the home owner.
A lot of people park and walk on that road, Federal Road/state Route 4 near Long Pond, Manter stated. There is going to be wind, a limb is going to come down, he said. A vehicle, a walker is going to get hit, he stated.
Selectperson Brett Deyling asked if the limbs were in the power line right of way.
“I would say some of them are, yes,” Manter replied. “I know two of them are off to the side where the power lines would be.”
He asked the board to identify and contact those responsible for removing those trees and direct that it be done.
Selectperson Scott Richmond said the size of a road, how many rods it is, is a factor in determining if it would be up to the town to remove those trees.
“What happens if nobody takes action, that is the thing that bothers me more than anything,” Manter noted. “When I see people walking, I am concerned. I don’t want to see anyone get hurt.”
“We will look into it, figure out who the responsible party is,” Deyling said.
In other business, authorization was given to trade in a flail head and purchase a different one from SANY of Maine in Union for $13,290. Two bids were received, the other for $21,000 with trade in from Heavy Machines LLC in Skowhegan, Chair Mark Chretien noted.
“The head that we got, we know it won’t work on our excavator,” he said. A new head is needed to get brush cut back along roadsides, he stated.
Chretien stated he and Roger Ferland, highway foreman were able to watch the flail head work. The machine used with it was similar to the one the town uses, Chretien said.
SANY will order the flail head, it should be delivered within a month, he noted. “They will plumb everything up, get it running,” he said. “They will do the first service. We pay for the fluid and filters.”
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