SHARON — Voters in Sharon this week approved a $1.1 million bond issue to repave Howe Hill Road and sections of three other crumbling roadways.
The 111-12 vote on Tuesday cleared the way for work to begin during the summer of 2020 and be finished in 2021. In addition to the money the town borrows — which would be paid off over 10 years — the Selectboard expects to spend $400,000 on the project from the highway-department budget and from existing reserve funds.
Howe Hill Road runs from River Road in Sharon, near the south bank of the White River, to Pomfret Road in North Pomfret. Town officials estimate that Sharon last fully repaved, as opposed to patched, its section in the late 1970s or early ’80s.
The other three Sharon locations up for repaving under the bond are Fay Brook, Broad Brook and Quimby Mountain roads, part of each of which is unpaved.
— Staff reports