’26 Article 16 – Repairs to the Exeter Road Culvert and Structures – $624,500 (From Existing Fund)

To see if the Town of Hampton will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $624,500 for the purpose of repairing the culvert crossing Exeter Road, constructing a new headwall, and conducting stream/bank erosion control; and to authorize the withdrawal of $624,500 from the Road Improvement Capital Reserve Fund. This funding will support the design, engineering, construction, replacement, and other associated items of the project identified as needing work.  This will be a non-lapsing appropriation per RSA 32:7 VI and shall not lapse until the work is completed or by March 31, 2031, whichever is sooner.

What it Means:  There is a deteriorating culvert that runs under Exeter Rd, where there is a north-to-south running stream. The current failure of the culvert is eroding the bank, ruining vegetation and destroying the yard of an adjacent property.  The funds needed to assess, consult and implement repairs to the culvert would be withdrawn from the Road Improvement Capital Reserve Fund.

No one spoke for or against this Article at Deliberative Session, other than to explain it.

Fiscal impact: No tax impact; money will be withdrawn from the Road Improvement Capital Reserve Fund.