Berlin approves funding to start Baker St. repairs

The Berlin Town Council on Monday approved the first phase of an estimated $120,000 project to restore Baker Street, the last oyster shell road in the town.

The town will pay $20,000 for design work, to be done by Salisbury engineering firm Davis, Bowen & Friedel Inc., to start the project.

Several residents of Baker Street spoke about the poor state of the road during the meeting.

Resident Suzanne Parks, who approached the Historic District Commission last Wednesday to ask the town to do something about the street, reiterated on Monday that it was in a state of disrepair.

She said the street was once a dirt road, and that the remaining concrete and oyster shell center strip represented its original width. As vehicles got wider, the street was broadened with blacktop.

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