Minot Highway Department

The Minot Highway Department is located at

Minot Municipal Complex on Rt. 119
329 Woodman Hill Rd.

The mailing address is:

329 Woodman Hill Road
Minot , Maine 04258

Road Manager/Road Commissioner:

Arlan Saunders
Phone: 207-346-9096. (Answering machine is available)

In the event of an Emergency pertaining to Minot 's Roads, please call 818-4990.

To obtain a Driveway Permit, which is required for any entrance to a town way, please contact Arlan Saunders at 346-9096.

Minot Highway Dept Report for 2008 Town Report

To the Residents of the Town of Minot ,

We have had another successful year with our road program this year. This summer we paved about 3 ½ miles of road (a portion of Harris Road, Hersey Hill School, Simion Road, and a portion of Brighton Hill Road). We are trying very hard to keep our good roads good and to upgrade to others as fast as funding will allow.

We own a 2003 FL80 plow truck, a 1988 L8000 plow truck, a 2007 GMC 1-ton truck, a 2001 310SG backhoe, a 1990 670B grader, a 1989 L-8000 wheeler donated from the Fire Dept. (sand truck), and a 2007 GMC pickup. We do most of our own digging and trucking of ditching material in the summer with town equipment. We are very close to being self sufficient with our own equipment. But there will probably always be a need to contract some services from local contractors. We have been very fortunate to have developed a strong working relationship with the newly formed Hebron Highway Dept... You may have noticed their equipment in town assisting us with our summer and winter work.

At the town meeting in 2003 I reported to the citizens of Minot that my long range plan for equipment included replacing the 1-ton truck the next year (which we stretched to 2007) and the Ford L8000 in 2005. We have stretched replacing the 1988 Ford to this year and due to the fact that it's 20 years old and always been a plow truck, it is time to replace it and this budget reflects that purchase. Our people need to be in newer and safer equipment when they are out there in the worst of conditions trying to make the roads safe for all to travel.

As your Road Com. / Highway Mgr., I want to thank all of you (the residents of Minot ) for your continued support over the past 8 years.

The budget for this year has some increases in most of the departments that I control. Most of this is connected to rising costs in oil and is reflected in the price for diesel, propane (heat at the garage), and electricity (we have to plug in heaters on the wheeler sand truck and   1-2 buses because the garage is full). Our present garage consists of 2 fairly large bays and we park (or pack) in it 3 plow trucks, a skid steer, and the backhoe. So in closing, if you feel that you need to make cuts in my budget, please don't cut from winter roads. This account is the one that has the most effect on the safety of the people that travel the roads. We all have the right to safely travel our roads. Thank you for all of your support.

Arlan Saunders, Road Com. / Mgr.

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