Dedham Selectmen to Hold Public Hearing on Public, Private Ways

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The Dedham Board of Selectmen will meet later this month to discuss the matter of public and private ways in town.

The meeting stems from a warrant article that passed at Town Meeting in May related to establishing a new policy on the improvement of private ways in town. The policy aims to give abutters a new approach to change their road from public to private, according to officials.

The meeting will be held on Wednesday, Nov. 19 at 7 p.m. in the Dedham Middle School Auditorium. Officials plan to review the draft process and will hold a question-and-answer session with the public.

The text of the article is as follows:

“Owners of land abutting any private way that is open to the public use may petition the Board of Selectmen to lay out and accept such way as public and improve such way to standards acceptable to the Board of Selectmen. The Board may determine to approach such petition and establish standards for the improvement of such way in accordance with a policy implemented by said Board after due notice and hearing.”

For more information, click here or call the Town Manager’s office at 781-751-9100.