CHELSEA — Voters shot down an ordinance that would have allowed all-terrain vehicles to be used on certain roads in a special Town Meeting on Tuesday.
The vote came after residents collected enough signatures to petition an ordinance adopted by the Chelsea Selectboard. If the ordinance had survived the vote, ATVs would have been permitted on just under three miles of two town highways, including upper Jenkins Brook Road — from the intersection with Vershire Center and southeast to the Chelsea/Vershire town line — and all of Vershire Center Road.
But 134 disapproving voters outweighed 86 favorable voters, and Chelsea’s roads remain free of ATVs.
Frances Mize is a Report for America corps member. She can be reached at 603-727-3242 or fmize@vnews.com.