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Franklin presents traffic study alternatives to ease school drop-off and pick-up
Summary
District and town engineers outlined a two‑phase traffic study and short‑term mitigation strategies to address longer queues after school reorganization; no construction will occur this summer and final project choices will be decided with DPW and facilities before design work begins.
Franklin School Committee members and town engineers on May 30 reviewed a beta traffic study that models vehicle, bus and van volume at elementary, middle and high school complexes after the district’s reorganization and identified short‑term operational fixes plus longer‑term design alternatives.
The district’s director of operations, Colin Boivare, said the study’s Phase 1 gathered vehicle counts, speeds, turn movements and queue lengths and used projected enrollments to estimate next‑year demand; Phase 2 would produce preliminary and final designs and construction documents if the committee selects any capital alternatives. “Phase 2 will consist of the preliminary designs, with each alternative selected, final designs, construction documents, any environmental permitting needed, and a field study,” Boivare told the committee.
Why it matters: simulated queues at several sites top out at more than 2,000 feet under projected demand, and the committee must decide whether to implement low‑cost…
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