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School board adopts safety-plan concept B and directs staff to pursue March bond
Summary
After presentations from the safety committee and consultants, the Newfields School Board voted to adopt the committee’s Concept B site plan and to pursue putting a bond on the March ballot to fund the work. Consultants presented two phased and one-time options and cost estimates; the board approved moving forward by voice vote.
The Newfields School Board voted to adopt Concept B — the school safety committee’s preferred site plan — and directed staff to pursue placing a bond for the work on the March ballot.
The board’s decision followed a presentation from a citizen-led school safety committee and engineers from TF Moran. The committee recommended Concept B because it most fully separated vehicle traffic from student walkways and created a one-way traffic flow, added crosswalk and pavement markings, and provided parking and buffer areas around the building.
Why it matters: The project is intended to reduce pedestrian–vehicle contact at Newfields Elementary School. Committee members and consultants said Concept B addresses the committee’s four stated priorities: a designated crossing on Route 87, clarified traffic flow around the building, visible signage and pavement markings, and a buffer area to reduce intersecting paths of vehicles and students.
Consultants presented two high-level options. One engineering estimate…
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