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WHERE OH WHERE WAS RYAN LEIGHTON????
Last week, Unitil began the
project to bring natural gas to the MTM Center and Campus Commons. On Thursday the horror show began. Unitil dug up Route 196 on the School Street
side. Once they completed their work
they filled in the trench to about 4 to 6 inches from the top. According
to the contract, the town is responsible for preparing the trench for paving
and then paving.
Thursday night Unitil
finished their part of the contract but the town failed to prepare the trench
for paving and do the paving. Instead of
doing anything, the trench was left open with a 4 to 6 inch gap in the pavement. No signs were put up and there was no warning
to drivers of a safety hazard.
Several residents reported
the safety hazard to the Lisbon Communication Center and finally at
approximately 08:30 PM Thursday night a member(s) of Public Works filled in the
trench with dirt but did not pave the area.
The following day nothing was done to correct the problem and the dirt
had left the trench as a result of no warning to drivers being posted. Once again, residents reported the trench to
the Lisbon Communication Center and Public Works personnel came and filled in
the trench at approximately 6:00 PM Friday night with more dirt but no paving. Saturday morning at approximately 09:00 AM
the trench was again filled in with dirt but this time Public Works personnel
paved the trench and posted warning signs.
I understand this was a direct
result of Councilor Bickford directing 'Buttons' Beale to handle the situation.
If you remember correctly,
'Buttons' Beale was the previous Public Works Director and under him there were
never situations like this. Ryan
Leighton was appointed Public Works Director and issued a town owned vehicle in
case of emergencies. As I understand it,
Ryan Leighton was nowhere to be found but he has the town owned vehicle with
him. Why didn’t Mr. Leighton ensure that
this situation was properly taken care of before he left on Thursday
night? Taxpayers are paying Mr. Leighton
over $70,000.00 so that this does not happen.
Several vehicles traveled over this trench and bottomed out; I was one
of them. Mr. Leighton has no managerial
skills or this would never have occurred.
In my
opinion, Mr. Leighton is a prime example of fraud, waste and abuse in the town
of Lisbon.
Another question that has to
be asked and answered is where were the police during all of this? Tell
me again, why residents have to report this situation on a major access road. This is Route 196 and not a back road but the
police did not recognize the safety hazard and the damage it was causing to
vehicles. The Police Department costs the taxpayers
over $1,300,000.00 and what is the return on investment? Apparently, the taxpayers are not
getting their money’s worth from the Police Department.
I have included some pictures
of the trench filled in and paved. I
also included the sign that was put up there on Saturday morning.
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