Kudos to the Alton Selectmen and administration for letting the public give so much input on this situation. I hope they do the right thing by exploring all options - it seems they're taking a conservative approach with this.
I'm cautious of money that comes from the government without a hook - improvement might be made with the money but the Selectmen should consider that upkeep to those improvements will cost money in the future. Someone at that meeting commented we should just make the absolute necessary improvements to the circle and return the money left over to Concord. Depending on the conditions of the "earmark", that might be the best avenue (no pun intended...)
