A staff member outlined proposed allocations of local Chapter 90 and fair-share funds for several road and drainage projects and said engineers estimate an additional $411,000 would be needed to finish design work on a culvert bridge for Royalston Road.

The staff member said $35,000 in Chapter 90 funds was set aside for several prioritized “rows,” and $10,000 in fair-share money would go to drainage improvements, including new cover pipes with assistance from a private contractor. “I set aside 35,000 for that, and that would be chapter 90 money,” the staff member said. They added, “that will be fair share money of $10,000 that’s gonna be used soon to, put the new cover pipes in and use them, the assistance from a private contractor.”

The staff member listed additional project amounts: a mill-and-overlay on South Main Street — including sidewalk work — estimated at $113,338; reclamation on Cottage Lane at $63,050; and Beach Street at $80,000. They said the South Main Street work would complete pavement and sidewalk work left unfinished when the school project was done “from Wellington Road down to the police station.”

On Royalston Road, the staff member said finishing design engineering for a culvert bridge would require $480,000 in total. They said $69,000 remained from an earlier Chapter 90 allocation and that adding $411,000 would allow the design to be completed: “We have to come up with $480,000 to finish design engineering of a culvert bridge. I have 69,000 still in that, chapter 90 plan ... so using that $69,000 and me putting in 411,000, we'll able to finish that design Royalston Road Engineering.”

The staff member also described a separate drainage plan — referenced as having an approved Notice of Intent roughly 20 years earlier — for which they proposed $40,000 in fair-share funding to update the original engineer’s plans. They warned that spending the $40,000 could risk the funding “sit[ting] and expire again” if the project does not move to bid. The staff member said the updated drainage project could cost between $1.3 million and $1.5 million if taken to bid.

No formal motion, vote, or final funding decision was recorded in the transcript excerpt. The discussion recorded was a statement of proposed allocations and cost estimates; next steps and any formal approvals were not specified in the provided text.