CHESHIRE â Motorists traveling in Cheshire soon can expect a smoother ride between Adams and Savoy.
On Monday, the contractor that the town hired, LB Corp. of Lee, began milling the half of Route 116 in town from Maple Drive to the Savoy town line. After the preparation work, that 1.2-mile stretch of the road will be repaved.
Weather permitting, the project will be completed by week s end, according to town Highway Superintendent Robert Navin. We expect to begin paving on Wednesday and go a little past Maple Drive, Navin said.
Cheshire is using a $200,000 MassWorks grant and $37,000 in available town highway money to pay for the project. Navin says he has applied for a $550,000 MassWorks grant to mill and repave the other half of Route 116, from Maple Drive to Adams.
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The small town has traditionally held the parade through town and up to the cemetery on West Mountain Road with veterans, town and state officials, police, firefighters, Shriners, children on red-white-and-blue decorated bicycles and the Hoosac Valley High School band. Like so many events of the past year, Memorial Day was silent in 2020. But with Gov. Charlie Baker s lifting of capacity limits and mask wearing outdoors as of May 29, town officials are hoping for a parade this year on May 31. The Board of Selectmen took up the issue at Tuesday s meeting. In light of the updated COVID-19 guidance from the state, Chairwoman Michelle Francesconi noted that Cheshire had the opportunity to host a parade on Memorial Day. Board members pushed for the parade to happen, saying it would be nice to give Cheshire residents a sense of normalcy after the year of pandemic restrictions.
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