Maryanne Crawford submitted her town manager’s report at the December 15 meeting of the New Shoreham Town Council, and the report listed several actions taken by the town in preparation for winter.
There has been some difficulty in procuring road salt, but Crawford’s report said the town was working with the Rhode Island Department of Transportation and road salt would be purchased and picked up on time. The added cost of the ferry has stymied state delivery to New Shoreham, and has forced the town to work out picking the salt up from the mainland and bringing it over itself.The Highway Department is completing work on cutting back and trimming vegetation away from the roadways, including removing several dead tree limbs on Ocean Avenue. The town hopes the removal of the dead trees by the landowner will eliminate the trees “continually coming down onto Ocean Avenue.” The Highway Department has also serviced and stored mowing equipment for the winter.The report also said that part of Beacon Hill Road had been graded, with some of the reclaimed asphalt from the High Street paving project installed, or “ground-in-to” the dirt roadway. The hope is that this added material will help