Road Work

We had some work done on the hill yesterday - three loads of aggregate dumped, spread and then rolled. There is now a slight bump when you enter the road (we are on the list for a free "leftover" load of pavement - shall we all say a prayer to the pavement spirits that this happens? - which will fill in from the road to the now present bump) and let me explain the reason for said bump.
Each time the town paved Thundercastle Road, the height of that road was raised. Thundercastle road has been paved three times in the last however many years, which caused a rain run-off directly down our road. After our road was graded last year, our co-road commissioner consulted with a few local contractors to determine the problem and engineer a fix for it. Once the ditches were cleaned (last summer) and the culverts emptied it was easier to see how the rain (and rain run-off) affected the road, especially the hill.
Our intrepid contractor (John Cushing of Cushing Construction right here in Readfield), working with the co-road commissioner, formulated a plan to create a run-off point at the TOP of the hill, which, in theory, should then cause the run-off to actually run down the ditches and through the vegetation rather than down the middle of the road, thus stopping the wearing away of the hill.

We also installed 5 additional Speed Limit signs as a reminder to drivers that the speed limit on the road is 15mph.

A BIG thank-you to John Cushing for doing such a good job - and for taking the time to work with us and help us to figure out how to spend our money wisely. (he can be contacted through his website here)