To maintain public safety, the City has designated certain portions of private roads as emergency lanes. The Public Works Department will maintain these sections of road in order to ensure that they are passable by emergency vehicles. City policy outlines their maintenance standards. The following roads are affected:
- Bell Street from Chapin Terrace to Franklin
- Channel Lane from the dead end to Endicott Street
- Cotton Hill Road from the dead end to the Gilford Town Line
- Dell Avenue from Jefferson Street to Appleton Street
- Eastman Shore Road North from Eastman Road to the dead end
- Lucerne Avenue from Endicott Street East to the dead end
- McKinley Road
- Pendleton Beach Road (limited - winter only)
- Regis Road from Ashley Drive to Pendleton Road
- Wentworth Avenue from Pleasant to the dead end
- The unnamed crossover from Durkee Street to Addison Street