Kenney promises help lowering speed limit on Route 11 April 28, 2021The town will get some help from its executive councilor after a petition to lower the speed on a section of Route 11 during the summer has received no response from the state. Executive Councilor Joe Kenney paid the Gilford selectmen a visit during the April 15 meeting and town administrator Scott Dunn asked for his help on the proposal from last fall. Last November, the board approved a motion to petition the Department of Transportation for a seasonal speed limit on Route 11 between Riley Road and the Ellacoya Bar and Grille, lowering the speed from 40 miles per hour to 30 in the period of Memorial Day and Labor Day. Police chief Anthony Bean Burpee presented the proposal to the selectmen after meeting with Public Works director Meghan Theriault and Planning and Land Use director John Ayer.