<html><head></head><body><div class="yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div id="yiv5835015979"><div><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px;" class="yiv5835015979ydp7593d6dfyahoo-style-wrap"><div><div><div><div>Dear Richard:</div><div>If the Town hasn’t accepted it it’s private. </div><div>Many many towns deal with this. The Road Commissioners aka the Select Peeps will sometimes make policies to allow plowing private roads, with a public safety rationale, based on the condition of the road surface. Most won’t “fix” private (see succinct definition above) ways because you can’t spend public money on private property.</div><div>TBott </div><div><br clear="none"></div><div class="yiv5835015979ydpe24bbde2yiv5561650705ydp7b50befcsignature">Thomas Bott Town Planner, in absentia, MASS</div><div dir="ltr" class="yiv5835015979ydpe24bbde2yiv5561650705ydp7b50befcsignature">please pardon the intrusion its been a slow day on both Elba and Saint Helena</div><div class="yiv5835015979ydpe24bbde2yiv5561650705ydp7b50befcsignature"><br clear="none"></div><div class="yiv5835015979ydpe24bbde2yiv5561650705ydp7b50befcsignature"><div><div style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><div class="yiv5835015979ydpe24bbde2yiv5561650705ydp7b50befcsignature"><i id="yiv5835015979ydpe24bbde2yiv5561650705ydp7b50befcyiv6753380931yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1519652102965_53159"><font id="yiv5835015979ydpe24bbde2yiv5561650705ydp7b50befcyiv6753380931yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1519652102965_53160" color="#4c76a2">You too could follow me on Twitter @TBottPlimoth but it clearly isn’t necessary</font></i></div><div dir="ltr"><i><font color="#4c76a2"><br clear="none"></font></i></div></div></div></div><div class="yiv5835015979ydpe24bbde2yiv5561650705ydp7b50befcsignature"><br clear="none"></div><div class="yiv5835015979ydpe24bbde2yiv5561650705ydp7b50befcsignature"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div></div></div></div><div><br clear="none"></div>
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On Wednesday, December 8, 2021, 12:06:25 PM EST, RICHARD CLARK via MassPlanners <massplanners@masscptc.org> wrote:
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<div><div dir="ltr">Hello, <br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">Does anyone have a good (easily understood) definition of a private road?<br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">We have an unaccepted subdivision roadway that is used by residents not living in the subdivision. Those living in the subdivision feel that the town should provide therefore provide services (plowing and pothole repair). Anyone dealt with this issue?<br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">Be Well,<br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">Richard Clark, Town of Dudley Planning Board<br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone<br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">-- <br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">MassPlanners mailing list<br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr"><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:MassPlanners@masscptc.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:MassPlanners@masscptc.org">MassPlanners@masscptc.org</a><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr"><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://masscptc.org/mailman/listinfo/massplanners_masscptc.org">http://masscptc.org/mailman/listinfo/massplanners_masscptc.org</a><br clear="none"></div></div>
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