Voters have 30 days to pass a petition to block it. There is no reason to block it unless you are against replacing the bridges!

The spin that you would block it to allow everyone to vote on it in November is baseless. We all vote now.

If we want the bridges, we don’t have to do anything because not petitioning against them is our vote for them.

The other spin against them is that out taxes will go up dramatically. This to is baseless. First the town does not have to raise taxes to pay for these bridges.

There is $600,000.00 in the general fund and $50,000.00 in the bridge fund.

The sales tax revenues are rising annually as are the property taxes because of new construction. The sales tax revenues are distributed 60/40 now. 60% for the town and 40% for the highway department.

A change in the distribution of 5% to the highway department will pay for the bridges without a tax increase and start to accrue funds for other highway infrastructure repairs coming up like the Horten bridge.

All parts of OUR town have issues that will need to be addressed. For some, it is the septic tanks infiltrating their wells.

For others, it is roads and bridges. We need to address these issues together.

Let’s build these bridges together for all of us.

Construction could start October 1st and the bridges could be completed by Thanksgiving giving all of us something to be thankful for. Thank You for reading and caring,

Parker Snead

www.ForestportTwinBridges.com

Contact me with questions or information. Parker Snead, (315) 525-1492