Strategic Planning: Roads Forum Calling All Community Sugarmakers!

When: Monday August 19th @ 7:00pm, PSB Conference Room

The Montgomery Selectboard, in consultation with our Municipal Highway Department, has been working to develop a long-range Strategic Planning tool to better inform regular maintenance, capital projects, and budgeting for town roads. As part of this process, the board has been asked to host a conversation around maple sugaring in the community and the potential impacts the activity has on town roads. Maple sugaring is a critical part of our State’s working lands sector and an important component to our rural farm and forest economy, and as such the board is strongly supportive of this activity in our community. However, given the seasonal nature of the work and when the biggest impacts associated with the transport of sap occur, there is potential for negative impacts to town roads simply due to their sensitivity during the spring season. Our hope is to have a collaborative and constructive conversation around these challenges so that we can better understand where the stress points are for producers, as well as for those who share the use of our municipal roads. 

Join your Selectboard and local community members for a scheduled forum for discussion on Monday August 19^th at 7:00pm at the Public Safety Building Conference Room. The meeting will also be accessible via zoom, so those wishing to participate remotely can join via the zoom link available on the meeting agenda, posted to the town website and available by end of day August 16^th.
Please feel free to direct your questions to: montgomeryselectboard@gmail.com. A copy of the working draft strategic planning document is available for review under the ‘Public Works’ page or click HERE to view the draft. Feedback is welcome and encouraged!