Potholes abound on many of the main roads running through Mattapoisett Village, and soon, residents will get the opportunity to weigh in on how four of those streets will look in the future.

The town is applying for approximately $3.5 million in state and federal funding to repair Main Street, Water Street, Beacon Street, and Marion Road.

“It’s a very large project,” said Highway Surveyor Barry Denham.

Over the years the nearly two miles of pavement has been patched again and again, with each new storm adding insult to injury. For some of the roads, the last overlay was 1979, said Denham.

Among the list of improvements is repairing drainage issues and fixing sidewalks.

Denham also said, “We will be adding sidewalks where they don’t currently exist, as much as possible.”

Town Administrator Mike Gagne said sidewalks will be made handicap accessible.

Gagne raised concern over the town’s sidewalks at a recent Selectmen meeting.

“The condition of some of the sidewalks causes me immediate concern,” he said. “Over the last three or four months I have heard or spoken with three or four people who have fallen due to sidewalk problems.”

Denham also said some roads might be widened where the sidewalks are wider than necessary, but not too wide.

“We don’t want to make boulevards. We want to try to keep the traffic moving at the slower rate,” he said. Adding, “We want to keep it much the same as it is. We want to make it as walker and bike friendly as possible.”

But how exactly the reconstruction looks will depend in part on public input. Part of the funding process is to get comments from residents, which engineers will use in mapping out plans.

Although the project is a large undertaking, Denham said the cost to the town is expected to be 10 to 20 percent of the total project costs. Part of that sum can be in-kind services performed by the highway department, he explained.

“The town ends up with a pretty good deal,” said Denham.

A public meeting will be held at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, June 20 at Center School for residents to voice their opinions on the plan.

“We’ve got a long ways to go as far as planning and engineering,” said Denham, who doesn’t expect the project to begin for three to four years. “This is the first step.”