As road repairs continue in Mattapoisett, town officials are looking for federal and state funding to alleviate the costs.

“If you’ve been anywhere in the village, you’ll see we’ve been well underway,” said Town Administrator Mike Gagne.

Portions of North, Barstow and Water Streets have already been under construction in the $4.5 million road improvement plan for the town center.

Recently Gagne and Highway Surveyor Barry Denham toured Main, Water and Beacon Streets and Marion Road with an engineer, to begin forming a plan to submit to the Massachusetts Highway Department for funding under the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act.

The Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act allows towns to seek funding for repairs that will keep in the scope and character of the town, said Gagne.

Gagne said they looked at drainage, curbing and other special considerations such as historical areas and trees that need to be preserved. The town will submit a scoping document to the Highway Department for feedback.

After receiving that feedback, Gagne said, “We will hold a public meeting to solicit the public’s feelings in regards to that project to get public comment as to what abutters and residents desire.”

Although getting projects approved for funding is often a slow process, Denham said, “We’re looking at costs probably around $1.5 to $1.75 million to refurbish that section of roadway. If we could get it done with state and federal monies, we could use our money for other things.”

As for progress on road repairs, Denham said Barstow Road, which runs past Center School and the Mattapoisett Library, will be paved and ready to go before classes start up again in a few weeks.