CUMBERLAND — The Town Council unanimously enacted a new road acceptance ordinance Monday evening.
The ordinance was prompted by the expense of maintaining and improving the town’s existing roads. That burden caused the council to investigate options to limit the number of new public roads it will accept.
The ordinance stipulates that private roads, which have been built to the town’s subdivision ordinance standards, must have 75 percent occupancy, or at least 75 percent of homes on those roads must have occupancy permits, in order to be accepted as public roads, according to Town Manager Bill Shane.
Shane said the ordinance requires a road to be warrantied – via a letter of credit through the road developer’s bank – for two years. If, for example, a culvert or section of road should fail, money would be available to repair those or any other defects that occur on a newly-accepted road within two years.
Send questions/comments to the editors.
Success. Please wait for the page to reload. If the page does not reload within 5 seconds, please refresh the page.
Enter your email and password to access comments.
Hi, to comment on stories you must . This profile is in addition to your subscription and website login.
Already have a commenting profile? .
Invalid username/password.
Please check your email to confirm and complete your registration.
Only subscribers are eligible to post comments. Please subscribe or login first for digital access. Here’s why.
Use the form below to reset your password. When you've submitted your account email, we will send an email with a reset code.