Town staff walk through compliance math: 209 segments means about 16 to improve

Selectboard members and the Better Roads coordinator reviewed how the 7.5% compliance metric translates to the town’s road inventory.

Dan Judkins told the board that the MRPG road study conducted in 2025 recorded 209 hydrologically connected road segments on Isle La Motte and that the program uses 100‑meter segments as the unit of measure. Applying the 7.5% target to 209 segments produces a requirement of about 16 segments that would need improvement to meet the current metric.

Joe Deller asked for clarity on the calculation; Judkins walked through the segment definition and how the town should count improvements as work is completed and the MRPG map is updated. The calculation and the segment-count basis will also determine Grants in Aid allotments, Judkins said.