What's missing from the NH-DOT budget right now is a 36-dollar/vehicle registration fee that was voted removed from all annual vehicle registrations about four months ago. So, the money that was there for state plowing and state paving, etc. is not what it was as of last year. Hopefully, someone in either the town or the state will figure a way to do the normal road work/plowing on Mereith Neck Rd, which is a non-numbered state road, by some creative budgeting or something.
By lowering the registration by $36, that adds up to something like 30-million dollars less/year for the NH roads, plus the state would be getting matching money from the feds as well. To pay that 36-surcharge seems very reasonable since it goes into road maintenance and repairs. $36 is less than one tank of gasoline!
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