Midgley Avenue and Esper Avenue Road Petitions

At a glance

• What: two petitions by Paula Chaput (items 7a and 7b) asking the Council to make Midgley Avenue and Esper Avenue public roads.
• Where it stands: both referred to the Planning Board 10-0 on 2026-09-29 (Bergman absent for the vote).
• Next: Planning Board review. See also Private Streets Conversion Report.

Petitioners' concerns

• She and her husband (listed as Harlow Chaput in the minutes) said both are private dirt roads.
• Serious drainage problems and erosion, and two potholes about 20 feet by 20 feet.
• Washouts that block emergency vehicles and wheelchair-accessible vans.
• A Greater Worcester Land Trust trail whose access suffers.

Council discussion

• Councilors recalled the same streets being discussed about ten years earlier (Gary Rosen, former District 5 councilor).
• Rosen asked the Fire Chief, who said no problem had been reported to him but firefighters sometimes get poor access on private streets.

Log

• 2026-09-29 - City Council — Chaput and her husband spoke in public participation; both petitions referred to the Planning Board 10-0.