Chilmark is known for rustic and artsy roads signs and house numbers. For first responders, more often than not, it’s not a good thing, Fire Chief David Norton told the selectmen Tuesday night. Norton, along with selectmen’s liaison to the fire department Don Leopold, informed the board they are about to embark on a plan to upgrade signs in Chilmark as a matter of public safety.
Norton said in many private roads are not labeled well or at all. Numbers can be on the wrong side of the road or out of sequence, a real problem for fire and EMS crews, he said.
GPS cannot always be relied on and that lack of clear signs and numbers in certain areas was something Aquinnah also wrestles with, he said.