The application may be made by one or more of the original petitioners for the highway or bridge within three years from the expiration of the time prescribed by the Court order for the performance, and, with a citation, shall be served on one of the selectmen of the town to be proceeded against, within 21 days from the date of the application, notifying the town to appear and show cause why the request of the application should not be granted. (Added 1985, No. 269 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)