NEW VINEYARD — Selectmen are seeking input from townspeople regarding plans to rebuild a portion of the Barker Road.

The board will hold a public hearing at 6 p.m. Monday, April 22, at Smith Hall prior to their regular meeting.

During the annual town meeting in March, voters approved spending more than $300,000 to rebuild and pave 4,700 feet on Barker Road, Selectman Frank Forster said Thursday. The plan included financing $175,000, using $40,000 from savings and $93,000 from previous years’ Urban Renewal Initiative Program funds, he said.

A bid has been received for paving. The rest of the work would be done in-house by the town crew.

Since town meeting, some other ideas have surfaced.

At the last board meeting on April 8, some residents asked the board if there was a way to revise the article.

They indicated they wanted to consider an alternative to the plan and raised questions about the funding, the bid process and whether or not to pave the road.

One resident asked the board to call a special town meeting.

The board tabled the request and decided to hold a public hearing first to see if there is enough interest in revising the project.

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