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Council schedules public hearing after debate on creating a traffic and transportation department
Summary
The City Council heard a Traffic Commission and Public Works proposal to create a Traffic and Transportation Department combining signal/lighting and transportation engineering functions; councilors debated whether enforcement and policy authority should be included and scheduled a charter-required public hearing for June 3.
The Framingham City Council on May 6 heard a proposal from the Traffic Commission and Department of Public Works to reorganize existing signal, lighting and transportation engineering staff into a consolidated Traffic and Transportation Department, and the council scheduled a charter-required public hearing on the reorganization for June 3.
Tom Abdella, chair of the Traffic Commission, summarized the commission’s 2020 work and an updated 2025 recommendation to consolidate traffic and transportation responsibilities. "The traffic commission at its April 22 meeting...voted to accept the recommendations, to create a traffic and transportation department," Abdella said.
Matt Hayes, director of transportation engineering, described the proposed organization: a Traffic…
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