[Massplanners] Towns taking over state roads

[B]

It's been awhile, but the state used to encourage it to the point where
they would reconstruction everything if the town agreed to take it over.  A
few communities I worked in refused, no benefit vs the future costs.

One community,  I understood the town took over the sidewalk portion only
after reconstruction of them.

As a DPW spoil sport person, I'm not sure what the advantages are, but I'd
love to hear.

Bill Fitzgerald
Avon DPW

On Tue, Sep 7, 2021, 10:45 AM Paul Dell'Aquila via MassPlanners <
massplanners at masscptc.org> wrote:

> Good morning, Mass Planners -
> Have any communities out there been able to take over control of a state
> road going through a downtown/town center? The Upton Police Chief mentioned
> this possibility to the Economic Development Committee recently and they
> have asked me to see if there are any examples of this occurring.
> Thanks in advance,
> Paul Dell'Aquila, AICP
> Upton Town Planner/Economic Development Coordinator
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