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Westport officials hope to fix East Beach Road soon, as seasonal R/V residents arrive.

With warm weather now upon the region and East Beach Road still damaged from winter storms, the Board of Selectmen approved funds for road repairs this week, which Town Administrator Jim Hartnett said he hopes will result in a fixed road sometime next month.

 

On Thursday, Harnett said officials were "hoping to get the paving completed within the next 4-6 weeks depending on bidding and contractor schedules."

 

At their Monday meeting, the selectmen approved up to $45,000 in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds for the repairs, which Hartnett said consisted of repaving two areas of the road at East Horseneck Beach.

 

"It's not too bad.... It's drivable," Hartnett said of its state as of Thursday.

 

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