HomeMy WebLinkAbout1943-08-25 SPECIAL i',~ETINGL ' V;EDNESDAY AUG. 2.5 - 1943.' ' ( PUBLIC ROADS HEARING)
A SPECIAL ~,~ETING OF TP2~ BOARD VJAS i~LD ON ~,;~DNESDAY EVENING
AUGUST 25th, i~{~R THE PURPOSE 0F ~%~]ETI};rG WITH TItE COI;~2.[ISSIOHERS OF THE
DEPART~,'N~NT OF PUBLIC WORKS WHO HAD REQUESTED TP~T ON TtL~T DATE THEY VJOU
CO~'~UCT A PUBLIC HEARING 0N NANTUCKET ROADS.,
AT 8.25 THE COI,~:ISSIOI'H~RS AND' SU~ER!NTENDENT TICE A?PEkRED .
THE COI~,~ISS IONERS CONS ISTED OF:
NO}~L~N A. MacDONALD, CHAIR~.~N
GEORGE '.7. SCItRYVER,ASSOC. COM.
CHARLES E. FERNA~S, " "
L. R. SELLEW,ACTING DIST.HIGH~;;AY ENG.
LEROY TRUE,CHAIRI?~N OF T}~ FINANCE COi~I.~ ~£kTHE\:; JAECKLE ALSO %TERE
PRESENT. AFTER THE INTRODUCT. IONS V~ERE if~d)E C0~;~'IISSIOI~R ~,~acDONALD ASSUNEE
THE CHAIR _~D OUTLINED THE SITUATION RELATIVE TO STATE ROADS IN GENERAL
AT' THE PRESENT T!D~,AND THEN CALLED ON SUPERtNTEhrDE'~T T!CE TO STATE THE
SITUATION ON NANTUCR~ET ROADS,AF~ER WHICH DiR.TICE CALLED ATTE?~TION TO THE
FACT Tt~T THE NA~TUCI~T COUNTY CO}.~[!SSIONERS ~-~D ALREADY FILED A PETITIOH
UITH THE DEPA_RTLIENT REQUESTING TPL~T TI~ STATE ASSUD~ CUSTODY OF THE POLPI~
ROAD AS A STATE HIGtTJJAY A.~D INQUIRED IF THERE L:q¢S A~!Y CHANCE OF FAVORABLE
ACTION IN TtFE I'~AR FUTURE. CHAIR3~J~N ]~.C DONALD R~';~RKED THAT COHS
WOULD BE GIVEN TO FUT¢s~RE ROAD ACTION FOR NAh~TUCKET,BUT TR~RE %%~S Si;~LL ~-
CHANCE FOR A~!Y NEW CONSTRUCTION ON POLPIS ROAD THIS YEAR THROUGH THE
INABILITY TO SECURE NEW U~ATERIAL,ALTHOUGH AD~£ITTiNG THAT S0~THING SHOULD
BE DOIIE ABOUT IT BUT THERE HAD BEEN NO AUTHORITY TO DO SO lip TO THE PRESEt'
TI~.~E A~'~ GE~IERALLY THERE Vf0ULD BE NO NE%' ROAD COhSTRUC:£!0J UNLESS
WAS CAUSED BY WAR ~ECESSITY. C0}E~ISSIONER !~facDONALD ~WURTHER'_R~£~REED THAT
THE STATE ~D FEDEtL~L GOVER~NT ';~0ULD CO OPERATE TO AID IN THE POST WMR
BUILDING PROGRAL[ A,hrD SUGGESTED THAT T.~_E COUNTY CO~,~!ISSIOI,~F~RS PLAN
PROJECTS T}L~T IN THEIR OPINION WUULD BE }~ECESSARY FOR NANTUCKET.
THE .~.~ETING ADJOUP~,IED AT 10.15 p.m.
RESPECTFULLY SUB;'~[ITTED
t~ERT~P. S.%{ITH, SECRETARY.
L~ETING ~'