BUCKLAND — Most of the decisions to be made at Tuesday’s four-article Special Town Meeting pertain to roads, including whether to discontinue a portion of Old Upper Street and borrow up to $150,000 to repair Avery Road.

The meeting will be held at Buckland Town Hall, 17 State St., starting at 6:30 p.m.

As part of Article 1, Buckland resident Susan Samoriski, who is selling her home and has the property under contract, is petitioning the town to discontinue a portion of Old Upper Street and convert it into a private driveway for the 8 Old Upper St. residence. The article comes at the request of the buyers.

During an August Planning Board meeting, Samoriski said she has had multiple surveys of the property done, and has spoken to the Selectboard and Highway Department. She said she believes discontinuing a portion of the road would not be detrimental to the town. The town only plows the south end of the road.

If the discontinuance is approved by Town Meeting voters, part of the road, roughly 181 feet, will be retained as a town road to provide access to 2 Upper St. A proposed road plan can be found at the Town Clerk’s Office.

Voters will be asked to approve the creation of a contingency account and the borrowing of up to $150,000 of funding necessary to repair Avery Road in Article 2. According to Town Administrator Heather Butler, this number was recommended by the Finance Committee.

Heavy rain in early July prompted the Selectboard to declare a state of emergency for Avery Road, blocking passage between its intersections with Shephard and Charlemont roads. After researching potential solutions, contractors and financial options, the town approved work to start in mid-September.

Work was set to include replacing collapsed culverts and headwalls, stabilizing embankments, backfilling eroded areas and paving about a quarter-mile of road.

Butler said in August that since a state of emergency was declared, the town could put the $350,000 that was left over from paving on Depot Street and at the freight yard toward repairing Avery Road. However, those funds could only be used for the minimal work needed to make the road passable and lift the state of emergency. To stabilize Avery Road’s slope so future washouts do not occur, the town would need to find funding elsewhere.

The Selectboard considered pursuing grant funding for the additional aspects of the project that could not be covered using the $350,000, but community members expressed concern over how long it might take to successfully secure a grant. Instead, the town is asking voters for borrowing authority of up to $150,000 in Article 2.

As the town considers funding for the repairs on Avery Road, voters will also be asked to rescind borrowing authority for repairs on Nilman Road.

At a Special Town Meeting in October 2021, voters approved borrowing up to $598,400 for a culvert replacement project on Nilman Road. Plans were drawn up, a contract was awarded to Northern Construction for $992,117 and construction began.

The town was then awarded a series of grants, including a $500,000 Municipal Small Bridge Program grant from the Massachusetts Department of Transportation, a $91,000 Massachusetts Division of Ecological Restoration grant for engineering, and supplemental funding from the transportation bond bill, approved by state legislators in July 2021 with $625,000 set aside for Nilman Road.

Construction has since concluded. With the grants, the town was able to complete the project without needing to borrow money, so voters will be asked to rescind borrowing authority in Article 4.

The only other request on Tuesday’s meeting warrant is for voters to approve transferring $35,000 from the Recreation Water Pump Capital Project to the Recreation Area Improvement Project. The funds will still support work at the recreation area, including site alterations and drainage.