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Westfield council defers proposed yield-to-stop change after resident objection; committee plans crosswalk and sign refresh
Summary
A public hearing on an ordinance to replace a yield sign with a stop sign at a Lenox Avenue intersection was deferred after neighbor testimony questioned the need; council directed the committee to stripe crosswalks and replace faded signs at the busier nearby corner and to monitor results.
At a public hearing on general ordinance 2025-02 to amend Westfield's code (Chapter 13) and replace an existing yield sign with a stop sign, resident Lisa Wendell urged the council to reconsider, and the council subsequently voted to defer the ordinance back to committee for further review.
Wendell said she lives at 704 Lenox Avenue and that the house in question sits between Benson Place and South Chestnut Street.…
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