PLAINFIELD, Vt. (AP) - An apparent April Fools’ Day joke claiming that every road in Plainfield, Vermont, would be paved has created a small dust up.
A resident posted a message on an online community forum saying the town decided to pave its roads as part of “Obama’s federal stimulus package.”
Some residents responded, with one saying he enjoyed living on a dirt road and that the slower pace of the unpaved parts of the community would be in jeopardy. Another resident said it was a costly and “absolutely awful idea.”
The town’s road commissioner says the town doesn’t plan to expand its blacktop.
The Times Argus reports (https://bit.ly/1IebOWV ) that after the outcry, the original poster said the dirt roads had been saved, signing off with “Happy April 1.”
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Information from: The Times Argus, https://www.timesargus.com/
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