WOODSTOCK — Woodstock selectmen are considering a plan to replace the electronic message board that sits roadside near the Town Office.

The current sign, purchased in 2016, has some lights on it that don’t work and has generally been difficult for some passing motorists to read, according to Town Manager Vern Maxfield, who discussed options with selectmen at last week’s board meeting.

He said the cost to replace the sign is between $14,000 and $17,000.

The existing sign, which cost $12,500, has only two lines for lettering, he said, making it necessary sometimes to bunch some phrases together and resulting in a more difficult read for drivers. It was the first electronic sign the town had purchased.

The sign outside the Woodstock Town Office. Alison Aloisio photo

Maxfield said a better option would be to have a sign with four lines of text.

He saod that when the current sign went up in 2016, the first message on it was not for Woodstock residents, but for Greenwood ones — noting that town’s 200th anniversary observance that year.

In other business at last week’s meeting, Maxfield said the board approved changing a “Yield” sign at the end of Koskela Road to a stop sign, to try to prevent people from driving through the four-way intersection without slowing down. That is an ongoing problem, he said.

The board awarded the winter sand bid to Poland Corp. at $16 a yard. The company has provided sand in recent years, Maxfield said.

Selectmen also received a quote to replace the guardrail on the Andrews Road Bridge for $17,500 from Superior Construction of Levant. Maxfield said the town would try to find the money to do the work this year, as that company is currently on site replacing a guardrail on a nearby state-owned bridge, and there may be cost savings in that.

The town received its state valuation figure for 2025 – $346,000,000. Maxfield noted that when he started as town manager in 1988, the valuation was $28,000,000.

The Whitman Library ADA ramp is currently being updated because its concrete has settled and it is no longer in compliance with requirements, Maxfield said.

The board meets next at 5 p.m. Sept. 17 at the Town Office.