Update on Roadwork & Costs

First, a big thank you to all the residents of the roads that were worked on this year for your patience as the projects progressed. We hope you feel the completed repairs were worth the inconvenience.

Parandes Drive: A Bigger Job Than Planned

Fixing Parandes turned into a much larger project than originally planned due to what was found underneath the old road surface. Clairmont Paving had to dig down and remove 2–3 feet of boulders and junk material along the entire length of the road, instead of the 1 foot originally planned. Three culverts were replaced, and over 100 loads of ledge pack and erosion stone were put down before paving. The good news: we should get decades of use out of that road. It's done, and it's done right.

Two roads not originally on the list (Bly and Marsha) required unplanned work due to severe erosion from storms. That work had to be completed before Parandes was finished, so that heavy trucks loaded with materials wouldn't have to drive over the newly paved surface.

Project Breakdown

#	Road	Work Completed	Cost
1	Parandes Drive	Excavated and removed existing pavement, road base, and boulders (112 truck loads of spoil). Applied ledge pack from Bonnie Drive to Marlene Drive. Installed erosion stone and three 20' x 15" culverts across the roadway to improve water management. Paved the entire roadway and shouldered with stone. Some edging work remains, to be completed in October.	$170,654
2	Bly Avenue	Severe erosion required the roadside swale to be trenched and erosion stone installed. Overlaid Bly with paving from Nutter Drive to Marsha Drive.	$20,500
3	Marsha Drive	Severe erosion required the roadside swale from Parandes to Bly to be trenched to control water, and ledge pack installed.	$19,930
4	Larry Drive	Prepped and repaired roadway with 10 cubic yards of ledge pack to address a serious erosion issue near the intersection with Wendy. Parts of the road had been impassable.	$1,206
5	Scott Drive	Prepped and repaired a large washed-out area at the top of the hill after the existing asphalt broke up.	$1,580
6	Wendy Drive	Applied a scratch coat where possible, with a thin overlay of asphalt to address surface irregularities caused by boulders pushing up from below.	$2,000
7	Barbara Drive	Repaired 2 depressions with ledge pack.	$460
8	Beach 5	Boulders removed from Parandes were placed at the top of the beach to define the parking area.	N/C
	Total Cost for All Road Work, Year-to-Date		$216,330
	Road Assessment Money	Available: $140,895 Spent: $140,895 Balance $0
	Road Fund	Availalable: $78,878 Spent: $75,435 Balance: $3,443
	General Maintenance Fund (Used to pay for ASA accounting costs, general bills, beaches, tree removal, permits, annual meeting costs, insurance, mailings, etc.)	Available: $79,913 Spent: $19,378 Balance: $60,535

Budget Impact

This work has completely depleted the Roads Assessment account, as well as most of the general roads budget. Some funds were held in reserve to address emergency repairs from weather events over the winter and spring.

Note: Money collected for plowing is held in a separate account and was not spent on these projects. Winter of 2026 plowing is still pending. We are awaiting guidance from the ongoing court case.

A Team Effort

All of this work is a result of years of behind-the-scenes work of past and present ASA boards, the roads committee, and outside vendors. Special thanks to Paul McGrath (current Roads Director) for all his work making sure the process went as smoothly as possible.

It is great to finally see the tangible results of everyone's hard work!

Looking Ahead

Roadwork is expensive, and years of deferred maintenance and Band-Aid fixes have made it more so. Increasingly, fixing a road means undoing all the past patches and starting over from scratch.

There will obviously be more discussions to come on how we can continue to improve the ASA roads.

Golf Carts, LSVs, And NEVs Guide

Alton Shores Association (ASA) follows the laws and regulations of the Town of Alton and the State of New Hampshire as governing ASA-owned roads.

Questions have been raised about the legality of various vehicles collectively called "golf carts" on roads up on the Shores. Here is a helpful guide. These rules apply to ALL roads up on the Shores - both town-owned and ASA-owned.

Are Golf Carts Street Legal in New Hampshire? 2026 Guide Excerpt: A basic cart you'd use on a golf course tops out around 12-15 mph and has none of the safety features required for public road use. An LSV golf cart - sometimes called a Neighborhood Electric Vehicle or NEV in New Hampshire - is a different category of vehicle entirely. It's built or upgraded to meet federal and state safety standards, travels at 20-25 mph, and is registered just like a regular motor vehicle.

New Hampshire DMV identifies a NEV as a four-wheeled electrically powered vehicle that has a speed higher than 20mph and less than 25mph.

Read the whole guide here.

Update For Who is a Member in Good Standing for the 2026 Annual Meeting

To be able to vote, you must be a member in good standing as defined in Article III, Section 5 of the 2025 Alton Shores Association By-Laws as recorded with the Belknap County Registry of Deeds:

The fiscal year of The Association shall begin the first day of January in each year. For

membership in good standing, annual dues must be paid in full on or before April 1st for the

current fiscal period entered therein, and all special assessments must be paid thirty days (30) after notification, unless the payment period is extended by the Board of Directors.

The Board of Directors voted unanimously at the June Board Meeting to extend the date of payment to be considered a member in good standing from April 1, 2026 to May 29, 2026 to facilitate letting more people vote at the meeting. We chose this date because it is the date mentioned in the The Annual Meeting Notice (Article V, Section 1b) where written notice must be mailed or served to all members entitled to vote at least 30 days prior to the meeting (May 29, 2026.