Woodstock City Council members did all the talking last week during a legally advertised public hearing on what could become a five-year, $50- million street improvement program. But they had no choice; no comments from the public were offered, even though the plan calls for enacting a 3-cent city fuel tax in 2020. The hearing […]
They received no promises, but Woodstock officials came away from meetings in Springfield last week encouraged that state funding for improvements to Route 47 south of the city would be a high priority – when and if an infrastructure bill is passed. Mayor Brian Sager termed the April 10-11 trip a “positive, productive venture.” Sager […]
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