North Glastonbury Road Maintenance request for 2016

North Glastonbury Road Maintenance request for 2016 May 5, 2016 8:40:40 GMT -7 chris and zorro like this

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Post by Admin on May 5, 2016 8:40:40 GMT -7

North Glastonbury Road Maintenance request for 2016
Listed in order of priority by Tim Brockett and the Forum
Based on $31,250.00 NG Road Maintenance allocation in the 2016 budget.

NOTE: $31,250.00 is allocated in the 2016 budget for North Glastonbury road maintenance. $11,000.00 is for the paved roads and the balance of $20,250.00 is allocated for gravel roads.

North Glastonbury Paved Road Maintenance:

Clear/create ditches along the sides of Capricorn from Aries Drive to Pisces Way. The west or higher side of the road should be done first to prevent water from flowing downhill and under the pavement.
Clear existing ditches on other sections of paved road where alligator cracking and/or pot hole repair is apparent.
Patch the pothole on Capricorn which was discussed at the May 4th, 2016 Road Committee meeting.

North Glastonbury Gravel Road Maintenance:

Replace broken and missing snow fences.
Clear culverts and ditches.
If you use a mini-excavator for digging some ditches please consider digging frost heaved rocks bigger than a basketball that are protruding from the adjoining road surface.
Address the auto accident problem on Gemini by installing guard rail or rebuilding and/or widening part of the road to make it safer.
Double Truckloads of road mix – Capricorn(gravel portion) 4 loads, Aquarius Loop 3 loads, Pisces Way 2 loads, Gemini Road to Starlight Lane 2 loads, Venus Way 2 loads, Mercury Lane 1 load, Sirius Drive(gravel portion) 2 loads, Taurus Road 3 loads and GAV Roads 1 load.
Estimated gravel cost at $350.00 per load = $7,000.00 or $1,892.00 per mile. (3.7 miles of gravel road in North Glastonbury NOT counting Gemini past Starlight Lane and both ends of Caspari).* See note below.
Grade all gravel roads where new gravel is placed and where road mix gravel already exists.

NOTE: Gemini past Starlight Lane is in bad shape. The unstable base consists of soft dirt and cobbles. Ideally the uphill portion of Gemini should receive a nine inch layer of three inch angular rock which will stabilize the base and provide good drainage. A ditch should be dug alongside the uphill portion of the road so water can drain through the angular base. A three to four inch layer of Durgan Road Mix should be placed over the angular base and graded. This work could easily cost close to $100,000.00. Property owners on Caspari would benefit and they should be asked to donate funds.

Putting down a layer of one inch, washed angular gravel, three to four inches thick is a much lower cost method of stabilizing the road surface and making it easier to plow. That could cost $10,000.00 to $20,000.00. Both suggestions will not fit into the 2016 budget and should be considered separately by the Road Committee and GLA Board.

The total gravel road mileage in North Glastonbury is 4.9 miles. The total paved road mileage is 3.20 miles. See exact figures here.

Road mix gravel comes from Durgan’s quarry. Prices based on the May 4th, 2016 Road Committee meeting figures.

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North Glastonbury Road Maintenance request for 2016 May 5, 2016 9:16:57 GMT -7 chris likes this

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Post by leokeeler on May 5, 2016 9:16:57 GMT -7

Tim

Thank you so much for developing a recommendation on how to best use road maintenance money. Without a long range plan your recommendations on locations for 2016 and the recommendations you made at the April 4th meeting are the best we have. I was afraid the Committee would do as always and not identify how much gravel and grading work went where.

Your plan for South (shown at glastonbury.freeforums.net/thread/280/south-glastonbury-road-maintenance-reques)is also great. I want to commend you for describing how placing gravel at the locations where it will do the best and last the longest may hold for 10 years or more, plus it will show Landowners that, even if the gravel is not in front of them this year, the graveling will reach them. Starting with placing gravel at the junction with main roads and progressing back will address the areas with most traffic first.

I was surprised that the Committee decided to use $40,000 of the un-allocated savings on roads (20K NG 7 20K SG, and to follow your basic recommendations. That means about $50,000 will be available for both NG & SG. Combining that with all those that volunteered to pay for extra gravel, there may be really noticeable improvements in the roads.

Unfortunately, there was little discussion of developing a long range road plan with priorities the Landowners recognize. Ed Dobrowski's Road District idea may lead to a plan. I support Ed's idea because it is the first concrete step from a Board member to look long range. If NG, High SG, and Low SG are recognized as logical districts, and if the 11 Road Committee members divided themselves among the districts to gather information and work with Landowners on priorities a mini-plan for each District would be developed very quickly.

Thanks Very Much for providing some sound recommendations and leading the Committee to a decision that will put Assessment money to the best (and intended) use.

Leo