[HISTORY: Adopted by the Annual Town Meeting of the Town of Townsend 5-7-2019 by Art. 10.[1] Amendments noted where applicable.]
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Editor's Note: The original section designations within this chapter were removed, and original Sections 7 and 8 were combined, with the permission of the Town Clerk, in order to facilitate reading and maintain the organizational style of the Code
Each fiscal year the Board of Selectmen, the Finance Committee and the Town Administrator shall submit to Town Meeting a proposal to fund the annual PMP.
In each fiscal year thereafter, the funding shall include:
A. 
All pavement funding received from the commonwealth under Chapter 90, or any successor program;
B. 
$250,000 from free cash; and
C. 
The prior year's amount of funding from excise tax revenue increased by $50,000 each year until such time as the total from excise tax revenue equals $250,000 per year.
All funding in the PMP shall be utilized for the purpose of maintaining and repairing the Town's roadway infrastructure.
Except in the case of emergency requirements, as determined by the Highway Superintendent, the priority listing of road projects shall be detailed in a Capital Pavement Management Plan (CPMP) developed by an independent pavement management consultant with said plan to be updated every five years.