Shelton’s roads will be fixed.
Voters Tuesday approved spending $4 million to repave and repair city roads over the next several years, even though nobody in the public knew for certain which roads are involved in the plan.
Official numbers Wednesday morning showed were still not available, because workers were still calculating results, but in general terms the measure passed by a healthy margin. It was the only question on the ballot.
The ballot question was opposed by city Democrats, who decried the lack of information about which roads would be fixed if the spending was approved.
“Everyone wants their roads fixed,” said Dave Gioiello, the chairman of the Democratic Town Committee, which had urged voters to reject the measure.
“It was a shell game to get this through without people knowing the details and I’m not happy,” Gioiello said. “It’s deceitful to not tell people where their money is going to be spent. It’s unbelievable that people didn’t get to know.”
But Board of Aldermen President John Anglace had maintained that knowing which roads would benefit would make the question political.
Mayor Mark A. Lauretti said his opponents are always saying something “out of left field.”
“I’ve very happy about (the result),” Lauretti said. “I’m pleased. We need to focus on our infrastructure, our roads.”
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This story will be updated later with officials results.
