I am responding to the recent story in the Addison Independent: “Ripton streambed is getting major work.” I am a Ripton resident of Old Town Road and was gratified to learn from Laurie Cox that the reason a large excavator was sitting unused for several months at Potash Bridge was due to the need to acquire environmentally compliant boulders to fortify the river’s bank.It was also good to hear from Laurie that Ripton’s goal continues to be the improvement of Old Town Road to make it passable for emergency v … (read more)