Start with the public works docket and the surveyor’s marked elevation sheets. It is the source used to make a decision about whether a new public stair can pass through a shared landing without closing the older route; it is not the decision itself. The rule only works if the source describes the conditions at the Upper Chamber of Measures.
The latest count is 42 permit applications; the prior file listed 42. Residents and workers have had their first chance to question the measure in public. The difference is a signal to check, not a verdict about who is right.
The disputed point is practical: The proposed alignment shortens the climb for upper homes but leaves less turning room for freight carriers. One side relies on the posted total, while the other points to the handrail that narrows where the old stair meets a newer stone landing.
The risk of reading the file too broadly is that an entry becomes a conclusion. Mara Veld checked the public works docket and the surveyor’s marked elevation sheets against the field notes. The method is to begin with the signed text, then test it against the people asked to carry it out; it confirms the entries, but not every interpretation attached to them.
Next: A second survey must test the turning radius with loaded handcarts. A useful update will publish the method, exceptions and review date with the number.
