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Hatfield officials ask committee to let town permit golf carts on local roads under local bylaws
Summary
Officials from Hatfield, including the select board chair, town administrator and police chief, urged the Joint Committee on Transportation to support H.3775 to authorize the town to permit electric and low‑speed vehicles such as golf carts on specified local roadways with local safety rules and insurance requirements.
Diana Sinzel, speaking for Hatfield, asked the Joint Committee on Transportation to support H.3775 to permit golf carts on the town’s public ways under local regulation. Sinzel described Hatfield as a small farming community with wide roads and clustered neighborhoods where residents already use golf carts for errands, social trips and local events.
Hatfield’s police chief (name not recorded…
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