Middleburgh town board members next month will continue to review a proposed road use law that would protect town roads against large trucks used in hydrofracking.
Town attorney Raynor Duncombe is integrating laws from proposed models from the county, county planning and customizing it to fit Middleburgh.
The board meets again on December 8. A public hearing would have to be held before a law was approved.
The law would seek to control the number and size of trucks that could use town roads. If hydrofracking ever came to Schoharie County, officials are worried about the possible damage to roads from large trucks used to transport water and other equipment and supplies.
The law would require a bond from companies to cover potential road damage.
Highway superintendent Dale Nunamann is in favor of a law and enacting it soon.
He said he reviewed the proposed law, based on the county planning model, and saw no problem with it.
"It has everything in it," he said. "We need to have it. We should enact it as soon as possible. What we have possibly coming in, we definitely need it."
He did say he would like the law to allow the town to customize regulations to specific projects.
In the proposed law, high frequency truck traffic was defined as large trucks for more than 10 trips a day for more than three consecutive days.