The Peru Gazette

The Peru Town Board will present its Preliminary 2024 Town Budget to the public on Wednesday, November 1, at a 6 p.m. public hearing. By anticipating $60,000 in sales tax revenue and making some budget cuts, The town board projects staying under the state-mandated 2% tax cap but only by $21,661 in an almost $3.9 […]

Call Meeting to Order Pledge of Allegiance Roll Call MOTION/DISCUSSION:  To Accept Reports from all Departments: (Water/Sewer/Valcour; Highway; Town Clerk; Dog Control; Youth Department; Code/Zoning; Supervisor’s Report; Court; Website; JCEO; and Banking Reports. MOTION:  Acceptance of Minutes for the Public Hearing and Regular Meeting of September 11, 2023 and the Special Meeting Minutes of September […]

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By John T Ryan  Peru – August 15, 2023 – The Peru Town Board passed a resolution to go out to bid construction of a new culvert on Cook Rd. at a Special Meeting conducted Monday morning at 8 a.m.  There’s only one residence on the road, and the project will cost hundreds of thousands […]

Billed as the biggest project ever in Upstate New York  Click here for the Syracuse.com story 

The Town of Peru Highway Department will be paving Burnt Hill Road from Norrisville Road  to town line, on Wednesday, July 12th from 6:30 am til 2 pm.  Local traffic, school buses & emergency vehicles will be able to access the road.

Historic Bridge Carrying State Route 9 Will Be Raised to Reduce Potential of Flooding and Ice Jams Impacting the Bridge Governor Kathy Hochul today announced the start of a $6.2 million project to improve the resiliency of the historic Carpenter’s Flats Bridge, which carries State Route 9 over the Ausable River in Clinton County. The […]

July 10, 9:30 a.m. Update: I just spoke with DOT. A DOT news release is in the works. Release date and time unknown. Based on the signs posted in and around Keeseville, Route 9 will indefinitely close at the Carpenter’s Flat Bridge on Monday, July 9. 

BRIDGE NY funding makes communities more resilient to the impacts of climate change Click here for the Sun Community News story 

Weather Permitting: The town of Peru Highway will be closing Mannix Road on Wednesday, July 5th, from 6 am til 4 pm for paving. Only emergency vehicles allowed

Story highlights Blue Haven Campsite damage  Click here for the MYNBC5 story

Communities along the 374 and Route 11 corridors can expect road closures Click here for the MYNBC5 story 

By John T Ryan Peru -A few days ago, the Peru Highway Department paved 10,475 feet of Mannix Rd. Weather permitting, on Thursday, July 6. the highway department will shim Mannix Rd from where the new pavement leaves off to Patent Rd. Highway Superintendent Michael Farrell describes shimming as “Applying a thin layer of asphalt […]

June has been a paving month Peru Highway Department. The Dashnaw Road was first, followed this week by the 10,475 feet of Mannix Road. Mannix is done except for shoulders and stripping. Highway Superintendent Michael Farrell stated, ” We will work on the end that we didn’t pave and get it ready for paving next […]

Drivers may experience delays while work is underway Click here for the Sun Community News story 

The North Country Chamber of Commerce is renewing its call for a commitment from the state to address the embarrassing state of the Beekmantown Welcome Center. Check out this video.

Weather permitting, the Peru Highway Department will pave over 10,000 feet of Mannix Road on Tuesday and Wednesday, June 20 and 21. Paving begins at the Clark Road – Mannix Road intersection. Preliminary work began this week.

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The Dashnaw Rd. is closed today for paving. The work was initially supposed to happen yesterday; however, when the paver broke down, Highway Superintendent Michael Farrell had to delay the work. Local traffic, school buses & emergency vehicles will be able to access the road. Highway personnel were at the town garage before 6 a.m. […]

Four New Precast Concrete Culverts Will Improve Resiliency of Key North Country Highway  New York State Department of Transportation Commissioner Marie Therese Dominguez today announced the start of a $3.9 million project to replace four culverts along U.S. Route 11 in Franklin County. The project will replace aging structures with modern, precast concrete culverts that […]

WEATHER PERMITTING, the Town of Peru Highway Department will close Dashnaw Road from Bear Swamp to Lapham Mills on Wednesday, May 17th & Thursday, May 18th, from 7:00 am to 4:00 pm for paving. Local traffic, school buses & emergency vehicles will be able to access the road.

Greg Burnell now filling the shoes of the town’s top highway job Click here for the Sun Community News story 

The need to sweep branches and limbs from the Walking Trail was mentioned at the Monday, April 24, Peru Town Board Meeting. These photos were taken at about 10 a.m. this morning. 

Peru Highway Department’s staff are enjoying spring by repairing the lawns the plows damaged this past winter. Left to right on the ground, Tyler Jarvis, Adam Archer, Tom Rock. Andrew McLaughlin is the Gradall. 

By John T. Ryan  Communication failures and costly culvert replacements were primary topics at the Monday, March 13, 2023, Peru Town Board Meeting.  Moore Drive resident Robert Annis told the board that on March 1, he called the town highway garage twice to report that a highway department snowplow had knocked down his and his […]