The June meeting of the West Marlborough supervisors took only 20 minutes from the call to order to the adjournment.
Supervisor Bill Wylie said that in a May 2 letter, the state Department of Transportation informed the township that they would not reduce speed limits on Routes 841 and 842 and Newark Road per the township's request, nor was a brake retarder prohibition justified. Wylie called their conclusions "a little disappointing." However, the letter did not entirely rule out the township's request to lower maintenance standards on some state roads. The supervisors have been seeking ways to reduce traffic and speeding in the township.
In the discussion that followed, the board and the audience offered examples of irresponsible driving and noted that the result of lowering the speed limit on Route 82 to 45 mph was that speeders simply passed those obeying the law.
"What is up with that?" commented Lofting Sr. in disbelief. "Everybody wants to get where they're going five minutes ago."
The supervisors said they'd be searching for a replacement for the late Elizabeth "Baz" Powell on the township's zoning hearing board and hoped to announce the new member's name at the July meeting. Roadmaster Hugh Lofting Sr. said his son Hugh Lofting, the road crew chief, would be applying for a state grant to replace deteriorated box culverts along Tapeworm Road as part of a maintenance program for unpaved rural roads.
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