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After more than four hours underneath the big top outside the Tisbury school, residents approved a more than $30 million operating budget, $5 million in roadway improvements, and a number of changes to planning, practice, and personnel that prepare the town for the future. Back-to-back annual and special town meetings made for a marathon day, […]
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Surprise rollback of Tisbury SUPÂ
Planning board and MVC members express reservations.
The Tisbury select board approved a reduction in scope Tuesday night for the Beach Road project. -Rich Saltzberg
Over the course of a marathon four-hour meeting Tuesday night, the Tisbury select board made a number of major decisions, led by a unanimous vote to narrow the scope of the Beach Road shared-use path (SUP) project. The vote, which took place at around 9 pm Tuesday night at a meeting that started at 5, essentially eliminated dedicated off-the-roadway paths for bicycles.
The vote followed a report from town administrator Jay Grande that indicated the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) informed the town Friday that it was willing to pare down aspects of the project that impacted local infrastructure, such as sewer lines. Grande reminded the board Tisbury town counsel David Doneski sent a letter to MassDOT on March 5 to expre
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Wastewater line costs bedevil Beach Road project
Tisbury sends letter as select board chair accuses MassDOT of deficient planning.
The Town of Tisbury and the Massachusetts Department of Transportation have yet to agree on who should pay for $1 million to $2 million worth of unanticipated sewer line work the Beach Road project appears to require.
Tisbury town administrator Jay Grande told the select board Tuesday night the town and the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) were at an impasse about who will cover costs associated with utility conflicts discovered after the Beach Road project broke ground on a shared-use path.