Greenville

Greenville selectmen approve wording for ATV straw vote

Staff Report

    GREENVILLE — Registered voters in Greenville will have three questions to consider in November regarding ATV access in the community, thanks to action taken at last week’s board of selectmen’s meeting.
    While the board is under no legal obligation to accept the vote, the narrative on the ballot states that the “results of this poll will be considered heavily by the board when they take action on continuing or extending certain ATV access routes.”

    The questions are:
    1. Do you favor allowing ATVs to travel through the downtown intersection of Pritham Avenue and Moosehead Lake Road/Lily Bay Road?
    2. Do you favor allowing ATVs to travel along Route 15 (Moosehead Lake Road) between Eveleth Hill and the top of Indian Hill (exact terminate to be determined)?
    3. Do you favor the continuation of the ATV Access Route which extends along Lily Bay Road north from Foss Street to Scammon Road, then along Scammon Road to Varney Road, then along Varney Road to Drew Road, then along Drew Road to East Road, then east on East Road until it becomes the KI Road at the bridge over Wilson Stream?
    Any decision made by the town would also have to be approved by the Maine Department of Transportation.
    In other action taken at the Sept. 17 meeting, Greenville selectmen also approved a request from the Natural Resources Education Center for improvements and additions to the town-owned lot where the NREC building is located.
    Following a presentation by NREC president Tim Obrey, Code Enforcement Officer Jack Hart and Town Manager John Simko, a motion was approved to allow construction of a deck on the back side of the building connected to a reconstructed version of the former Big Moose Mountain fire tower; a future small addition to the south side of the building for a Thoreau Library; improvements to the walkway, including provision of handicapped parking access near the building; placement of a small log cabin for the NREC cross country youth ski program; and eventual placement of a section of the B-52 crash wreckage and associated descriptive signage.
    Simko gave a report on the town’s recently-completed paving program on a reconstructed section of Mayhew Manor, all of School Street, all of Lewis Road and all of Foss Street. Underground drainage and water line work has also been finished on Upper Lincoln and Cottage Streets. 
    The MDOT has completed its project on Lily Bay Road from Greenville to Kokadjo and will use some leftover funds to pave the lower section of Pleasant Street — approximately from the Shaw Public Library to Shaw Street — starting on the week of Sept. 29.
    The MDOT is also finishing work on Route 15 from the old Cabbage Patch Restaurant to just north of the Squaw Mountain Resort Road. Piscataquis County also completed paving a 100-foot section of Depot Street, the town manager said.

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