Plympton Select Board Awaits Details on Route 106 MassDOT Paving Grant

PLYMPTON — November 18, 2024 — Plympton Select Board awaits scope-of-work meeting on a near-$1 million MassDOT grant to repave Route 106. Highway Superintendent Rob Furlough reported the grant — covering milling, base adjustment, repaving, and relining — has been confirmed, with a dollar figure expected after a forthcoming scope meeting. West Street paving closed at $160,609.38, roughly $10,000 under estimate, funded through Chapter 90. Snow contracts are signed: Eastern Minerals for salt, G. Lopes for sand, and Innovative Byproducts for liquid ice melt. Engineering firm Grady Consulting quoted $29,820 to plan a Hillcrest Cemetery expansion, exceeding the $25,000 town meeting appropriation; Furlough is seeking competing quotes. The board deferred action on a gutted Old Townhouse room and a neighbor complaint about a bright exterior light, agreeing to invite the Town Properties Committee and affected abutters to its December 2 meeting to settle both a governance question and the building options before voting.