Glendon Hadley is concerned about where Route 219 meets Hadley Road.
SUMNER – Glendon Hadley complained to selectmen about the condition of his road Tuesday night.
When the state improved Route 219, it was left significantly higher than Hadley Road, making it difficult to pull out into traffic.
“It’s pretty obvious the state made a lot of mistakes when they came to this town,” Hadley said. Instead of creating a landing where Hadley Road meets Route 219, the state road crew created a steep, paved incline. Hadley said he sometimes has to put his car into four wheel drive to pull out onto Route 219, and that it’s “a death trap on a motorcycle.”
At Hadley’s request, Dale Carlton, resident inspector for the Maine Department of Transportation, inspected the intersection.
According to Hadley, “He allowed that there was nothing wrong with the road.”
Hadley then contacted state police, who advised him that “the only way I’d get anything done is to have the selectmen push the issue,” he said.
Selectman Tom Standard asked Road Commissioner Jim Keach if he could come up with an estimate for building up Hadley Road. Selectmen noted that Arthur Allen Road, which joins Hadley Road, also meets Route 219 at a steep incline.
Standard reported that he had contacted an attorney at Maine Municipal Association about winter maintenance of public easement roads and was reassured that the town has no obligation to maintain public easements at any time of the year.
Town Clerk Susan Runes requested that selectmen adjust the rates for the town voter list. The list is occasionally requested by political parties and action groups, she said. The rates for the list were $100 for a printed copy, and $50 to have the list copied to a computer disk. Selectmen agreed that the price should be changed to $25 for any format.
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