East Vassalboro Village regarding large travel farm equipment

East Vassalboro Village regarding large travel farm equipment\ \ The town is working with the DOT to trial some ways to reduce speed in high congestion, high risk areas (trial place for August -Oct. 2024-East Vassalboro village)\ There are temporary PVC stanchions placed along the white line and sometimes the center double yellow line upon entering the village on all 4 roads and in front of the grange. All vehicles should be able to pass safely through them if they are going the marked speed limit according to the ME DOT. But some farm equipment vehicles may not fit.\ The town is aware that there is a need to keep farmers informed of changes and also set up a means for farmers to request temporary removal of 1 or more stanchions. This would possibly be needed if farm equipment is too wide to be accommodated within a travel lane (greater than 11 feet wide) and/or there is no easy alternate route to travel.\ If you need to have a stanchion removed sometime during the trial period ( August-Nov 1st), please contact Brian at the public works: publicworks@vassalboro.net or call 207-923-3985.\ Public works will need 3 business days’ notice in order to arrange the removal. Remember they are closed on Fridays except for emergencies.\ Please do NOT run over the posts, even if going slowly, as they can break and need to be replaced at a cost to the town.\ The East Village Project team welcomes any ideas that you may have on how to keep our community safe. Email amiller@vassalboro.net. Also, it will be helpful to have contact info for future correspondence, if you would leave an email and phone number.\ Thanks for your patience as the town tries to trial different measures that might be able to be used in other congested or high-risk areas. And thanks for helping keep our community safe.