this is a rural and mountainous county every town in franklin county has their own highway division or dpw (dept of public works) - except maybe 1 - maybe bernadston shares their dpw director with gill
each of these dpw have their own radio channel - most channels seem to be vhf highband - some might be vhf low - some might be uhf - none are 800 afaik police and fire were on uhf for many years - they might have moved to the state 800TRS recently - or are in the process of moving the MassDOT handles the state highways - not sure if they have any operational posts in franklin county or not - MassDOT was on 47 mhz historically - maybe they have moved to 800T - they use lots of private snowplows in the winter - MassDOT fired all their plow drivers in the 1970s or something like that - more hackarama stuff DPW freqs Ashfield - 154.995 or maybe 155.61 Bernardston - ??? Buckland - ??? Charlemont - maybe 151.01 or 460.05 R Colrain - maybe - 39.10 - 151.025 - 156.1725 R Conway - 156.0075 M - 159.12 R Deerfield - 156.225R PL 162.2 Erving - maybe 39.18 Gill - ??? Greenfield - 155.805 R PL ??? - maybe - also - 156.33 - 452.60 Hawley - 154.025 Heath - 156.12 Leverett - 158.865 DPL 205 Leyden - 39.18 Monroe - 151.07 - 151.13 Montague - 153.74 - 155.775 R Turners Falls Water Dept in Montague - 158.925 New Salem - 37.04 M Northfield - 46.52 Orange - 33.02 - 37.96 Highways Rowe - 155.82 Royalston - ??? Shelburne - 453.35 R - PL 127.3 Shutesbury - 155.745 R - PL 146.2 Sunderland - 151.1075 Warwick - 33.06 Wendell - ??? Whateley - 155.025 there are 28 citys and towns listed here - therefore there are 28 dpw or highway depts in franklin county - only 4 or 5 have PL or DPL info (from rrdb) - typically there is 1 dpw garage per town - hawley and monroe and ? warwick ? share the dpw garage with the fd there is no county dpw and there are no county roads afaik turner falls airport maybe has 1 snow plow that was possibly purchased in 2018 ish - before that they used private contractors and the town dpw to plow the field - the airport owned 1 small backhoe to clean the runway lights - per airport study / plan ================================ https://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsApp/UlsSearch/license.jsp?licKey=1195805 state dpw radio license shows 1 radio site - 1700 S OF KOCH FARM OLD ALBANY RD - SHELBURNE, MA FRANKLIN County control points in northampton and boston https://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsApp/UlsSearch/license.jsp?licKey=1195805 - 47.28 B + 47.36 B + 47.26 R + 44.84 FX1 ================================= from https://frcog.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Franklin-County-Rural-Road-Guide-2021.pdf Jurisdiction and Maintenance Authority All roadways in Massachusetts have a designated ownership. This ownership entity has jurisdiction over the roadway, which means they are responsible for the preservation and maintenance of the road surface (paved or unpaved) as well as all of the traffic control devices and roadside elements within the right-of-way. The entity with jurisdiction also has the authority to make changes to the geometry or operations of the roadway, except where this authority is superseded by state or federal regulations. Examples of some of these exceptions where State authority governs are described in this Guide. Most roadways in Franklin County are under the jurisdiction of the Towns. Most, but not all, of numbered routes (e.g., Route 5, Route 112) are under MassDOT jurisdiction; some segments of numbered routes are under Town jurisdiction, and MassDOT does have jurisdiction over a few roads that are not numbered. Some Towns have agreements with MassDOT to perform certain maintenance operations, such as snow and ice treatment, on certain roads under Town jurisdiction. Each Town should maintain records of which roadways are within their jurisdiction. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "massfire" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/massfire/CAFXWwKY0e_ykuJ9herx35fXoa6EKco_K7E4n4Kfk%2B0%3DckCWxSw%40mail.gmail.com.
