Ridgefielder wrote:BandA wrote:Yeah, definitely slap weight restrictions on the bridges ASAP to prevent those rusty old tanks from arriving. If I lived there I'd be whining too, but not enough to hire lawyers. I'd ask for a tall berm or wall as a blast barrier. The increased tax value will allow road repairs or other municipal services, and those 1000's of trucks will have shorter trips. Thousands of trucks per day? Sounds like exaggeration.
Odd that the Selectmen don't seem concerned about the 1,000's of a trucks per day-- many no doubt carrying hazmats of various kinds-- that traverse their town on Interstate 90.
What about all those heating oil trucks from Al's, CK, Pioneer and the like? Or those propane trucks that Osterman's runs through the center of town? Those are all hazardous and flammable. Oh, wait... You're telling me that one of those pesky selectman happens to abut the railyard over on Waterville Street? And that once he got elected all of this started happening? Mighty coincidental.
...Now, to get serious. I get why people are worried, but what I can't stand is a fear-mongering politician. Ever since the last election, all they've done is instill the fear of the whole town being annihilated among those in Grafton who bother to pay attention. These nudnicks were elected to lead, not cause a panic. Sadly, the lot of them seem to have gotten that mixed up.
