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December 10, 2018 Traffic Committee Meeting Notes IN ATTENDANCE: Mark Porter Ken Berkowitz Frank Labollito Kathy McCormack Matt Isaacs Charles Aspinwall New Business/Citizen’s Concerns/Traffic Concern Forms Paul & Lexington Streets Barbara Reardon (town engineer) observed traffic for 4 hours for both speed and counting purposes. She feels its important to force people into more of a stop. Some of the possibilities would be to narrow it, use an island with a yield sign. They will look into funding sources. Barbara’s finding enclosed. Cheryl Nickerson (citizen) feels that the barrels we placed are more dangerous and are a major problem. She and other neighbors feel like we need a stop sign. Lisa Bertone (citizen) added that another problem was people driving down the middle of the street and we could maybe paint lines on the road. A full stop sign, according to state law needs to have a traffic study done. The town will look into the island, engineering, yield/stop signs, painting the lines, etc. Pequit Street Traffic concern forms: Citizen complaints about speeding, increased traffic, driving the wrong way, etc. Chief Berkowitz – Feels like this will mostly straighten out now that Pleasant Street is open. They have been doing extra enforcement in that area. Dew Lane & Kings Road Traffic concern forms: Complaints about how busy it is, RI plates mistaking it for an outlet (extension of Kings Road). Two to Seven is the worst time of day. People feel like its really dangerous for children, bike riding, etc. Would like to see a three way intersection. The police did spend some time there and didn’t see a lot of problems. The town will also try to keep the intersection clear of tree branches, etc.
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Page Two, TSMN, 12/10/18 Wall Street Handicapped Sign Request Traffic Concern Form: There are very few parking spaces and no striped lines. A signed handicapped parking space is needed for a resident. Laura Smead will support looking into this, recognizing that this is a narrow street and it may be difficult and we will go forward with scheduling a public meeting (required). If no objection a handicapped parking space will be provided. Legion Street Traffic Concern Form: Residents on the street believe speeding and the lack of a crosswalk is a dangerous condition. Ten out of 16 homes have children that live in them. They also have many walkers using the street for the high school, etc. Officer Brian Wanless observed traffic and said most of the drivers lived in the area. He thinks one or two SLOW CHILDREN signs would be helpful to remind residents. He doesn’t know if a crosswalk would be a good idea because of the sight lines – may make things worse. Municipal Modernization Speed Setting Town can now do their own speed limits instead of having to go the State for permission. After discussion the committee voted 4 - 2 to put on Town meeting warrant, copy attached. Greenlodge Street Parking Resident who lives in the area and parks there wants to know if the town could do anything to expand the parking area and make it easier to get permits – a plate reader so you didn’t have to have an actual sticker because of cars being repaired, online ability, etc. Going to town hall when they were open can be hard for some people. Mark Porter said parking was free on the weekends. He also noted that quarterlies sell out really fast but the town also had daily tickets available, that if your car is in for repair you can go to town hall and straighten that out too. Mark will look into seeing if daily tickets, etc. could be added to the town’s website. Parking on Greenlodge will eventually not happen as that bridge will be torn down by the state. 480 Neponset Street Traffic concern form – This is the Technical Park. Exiting the park is difficult and dangerous due to speeding and traffic volume. 4 – 6 pm are the worst times. We will check into having some signs made about being courteous to side street traffic.
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Page 3, TSMN, December 10, 2018 Pine Street/Bailey Street Traffic concern form – Resident feels like a stop sign is needed due to speeding, visibility concerns and past accidents. The police have been down to look at this situation and they do not feel a stop sign is necessary, however, they will increase enforcement in that area. Sherman & Prospect Concerns about children walking to the Luce. Need better signage and improved crosswalk – some of the residents would like to have a flashing crosswalk. The town will review the list of crosswalks and will look into installing flashing crosswalks at a later date. Fencourt Speeding Traffic Concern Form – Concerned about speeding down Fencourt Road with children going to school. Would like to see some speed bumps. The police did go down to observe and it didn’t appear to be a problem when they were there. The committee talked about speed bumps being noisy, plowing problems, etc. We discussed the possibility of the town buying some portable ones that could be moved around and picked up for the winter. The police will also increase enforcement in this area. Safe Street Application Laura Smead talked about a large grant that the town could apply for the Sherman/Angela/Pleasant Street intersection worth approximately $1M. This would include a full set of lights and maybe even some surrounding intersection work near the Luce. A copy is attached. This same grant would also improve sidewalks as needed from Angela to Oak Road 1155 Randolph Street This is a new home and the resident feels like he needs a new street light because it is difficult and dangerous (blind driveway) for him to get out of his driveway. Mike Trotta will install a large mirror if he buys one (he was happy with this) and they will keep the vegetation cut back and will look into a sign for the blind driveway.
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Page 4, TSMN, December 10, 2018 Sherman/Pleasant/Angela – Sight Lines Residents were in attendance. The trees/bushes/fence are in the right of way. Most of this was already there when people bought their homes. The town will continue working with neighbors and put more pressure on the utility companies to move poles that are also in the way. These items cannot wait too long because it is dangerous. This intersection will also be addressed through the Safe Streets application. Misc Items for Discussion The town will be doing more enforcement in general at crosswalks and we have a grant for cross walk safety. These are being reviewed. Reviewing possibility of making a left turn only lane going into Canton High School. Reviewing putting reflectors on all utility poles. Approved meeting minutes form 6/18/18 and 9/12/18