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Planning board agrees to draft decision on minor traffic-condition amendments for Boston Children’s Hospital project
Summary
The Needham Planning Board closed a public hearing and authorized staff to prepare a decision to amend three traffic-related conditions in the Children’s Hospital special permit, allowing the town to use previously committed funds at alternate locations and postponing traffic monitoring to three years after occupancy.
The Needham Planning Board closed a public hearing June 17 and authorized staff to prepare a decision to amend three traffic-related conditions in the special permit for the Boston Children’s Hospital project at 360 First Avenue.
The changes the hospital requested would allow the town to use $30,000 the hospital already paid for traffic improvements at the Kendrick Street/Third Avenue intersection at other nearby locations, clarify a $25,000 obligation to fund a signal-warrant study and roadway safety audit, and move required traffic monitoring from one year after certificate of occupancy to three years after occupancy.
Tim Sullivan, attorney…
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