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Highway Department

 
The Highway Department operates on an annual budget appropriated by the voters at Town Meeting in March. All operations and maintenance are funded through the annual budget. Highway responsibilities include road maintenance, bridge repair, road reconstruction, winter maintenance and work for other Town departments. Below is a list of personnel currently working for the Highway Department.
 
Full Time Personnel:
Edward G. Thayer             Director
Larry Gaskell                     Foreman
Robert Crane II                  Maintenance Mechanic
Brian Moser                       Equipment Operator

Part Time Personnel:
Jim Berry, Gary Crane, Robbie Ostertag 

 

Projects completed by the Highway Department

The Washington DPW crew is a highly skilled group with experience in road construction, masonry, heavy equipment operation, paving, hydraulics, landscaping and so much more.  The pictures linked below represent some of the projects they have completed in the Town of Washington.  By doing the projects for the Town and School they have saved thousands of dollars that the taxpayers would have had to pay private contractors to do these projects.
Washington Drive/Freezeland Pond Culvert Replacement (October 2011)

Washington Elementary School secondary access road project (summer 2010)

Washington Elementary School/Camp Morgan Lodge Fire Cistern project

Washington Dr. culvert slip lining project (fall 2009)

 
 

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