<div dir="ltr">Katrina,<div>Dracut's policy is vertical granite curbing. The Engineering dept. believes that there is nothing better.</div><div>While developers (and the town) have to pay more to construct a roadway (curbing is the biggest expense), it's there to stay with vertical granite.</div><div>Vertical granite is a safer situation for pedestrians, as it's harder for a vehicle to jump the curb.</div><div>I have worked in other communities that have allowed bitumenous curbing and it's toast after two winters. Concrete is a no-go......it just doesn't last in harsh, New England winters.</div><div>To date, there has been no objection to vertical granite, but it needs to be used by the DPW of Dracut as well. The town has to abide by the town's subdivision roadway standards.</div><div><br></div><div>I hope this helps. I believe the Dracut subdivision rules and regulations are on line. We just totally revamped them in 2020 so they've been well vetted and should work well.</div><div><br></div><div>Best to you for the holiday season and good luck with this issue in Middleton.</div><div><br></div><div>Betsy Ware</div><div>Planning Consultant (and former Community Development Director in Dracut)</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Nov 24, 2021 at 9:50 AM Katrina O'leary via MassPlanners <<a href="mailto:massplanners@masscptc.org">massplanners@masscptc.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal">I’m looking for “rules of thumb,” practices, or policies regarding which roadways in your municipality are constructed with either bituminous curbing, straight/sloped faced granite curbing.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(36,64,97)">Katrina O'Leary, AICP
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