ROAD FOREMAN

 Terry Stacy (802) 442-9838 (work)

 

Town Highway Map

VTRANS 2007 Handbook for Local Officials

 

The Road Foreman or Commissioner is responsible for the maintenance of the town’s highways.  Shaftsbury's Road Foreman oversees a five member full time highway department.  In some towns the Road Commissioner is elected by the voters;  in other towns such as Shaftsbury, however, the Road Foreman is appointed by the selectboard. 

Shaftsbury's Road Foreman also inspects and approves all new roads or driveways before construction can begin. Please refer to the zoning permit application in the "forms" section for additional information on driveway specifications.

The Town of Shaftsbury currently maintains 70.28 miles of roads, of which 54.38 miles are gravel.  There are 15.85 miles of paved local roads and about 10.4 miles of State highways, not counting limited-access highways. 

The Shaftsbury highways are classified as follows:

19.99 miles of class 2 roads
50.29 miles of class 3 roads
10.4 miles of State highway, not including limited access roads.

A class 2 road is defined as a road that connects one town to another through Shaftsbury.  A class 3 road is defined as all other roads not being class 2, pent or legal trails.