Whitingham Warning of Halifax Meeting

Whitingham Notice of Hearing and Site Visit

For Halifax Reclassification of Road

Notice is hereby given pursuant to Title 19 Vermont Statutes Annotated, Chapter 7, as amended, sections 709, 790 and 792, that the Halifax Selectboard will hold a site visit and hearing to consider the Town of Halifax’s proposed reclassification of Aldrich Road from a class 4 Town highway to a class 3 town highway up to the Whitingham-Halifax town line.  Because the proposed reclassification in the Town of Halifax extends to the town line, both towns must warn the hearing to consider Halifax’s proposed reclassification.

I.          The following road (within the Town of Halifax) will be considered for reclassification by the Town of Halifax:

1.         Aldrich Road (TH44) is a Class 3 road with a Class 4 segment ending at the Whitingham/Halifax border. The 1,452-foot Class 4 segment will be considered for reclassification as Class 3;

The aforementioned road and the section proposed to be reclassified will be outlined and highlighted on a map to be posted at the Halifax Town Clerk’s Office, 246 Branch Road, West Halifax, Vermont.  Further reference may be had to said map.  All abutters and interested persons will be notified in accordance with Title 19 V.S.A. Chapter 7.

THEREFORE, a meeting will be held at the Halifax Town Office Meeting Room, 246 Branch Road, West Halifax, on Saturday, September 22, 2018 at 9:00 a.m. to conduct a site inspection of the above road, then reconvene at the Halifax Town Office on Tuesday, September 25, 2018 at 6:30 p.m. to conduct a hearing on the question of reclassifying the above described road.  The Halifax Selectboard will determine whether the public good, necessity and convenience of the inhabitants of Halifax require these changes.

The purpose of the hearing shall be to hear all persons interested in said public highway laying out and alteration.

Dated at Jacksonville, Vermont this 17th day of August 2018.

SELECTBOARD, TOWN OF WHITINGHAM