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Select Board approves converting School Street to two‑way traffic after debate
Summary
After hearing traffic engineering, drainage and pedestrian‑crossing plans, the Select Board voted 3–2 to restore two‑way traffic on School Street for a development project; board members expressed safety and winter‑icing concerns but staff said drainage and improved sidewalks will mitigate problems.
The Select Board voted to convert School Street back to two‑way traffic to serve a nearby housing development, approving the change 3–2 on June 11 after engineers described traffic counts, paving and pedestrian improvements.
Alex, the project manager working for the developer and project engineer, told the board his firm collected turning‑movement counts and concluded the intersections near the development would maintain their current levels of service under two‑way operation. He said paving and striping are scheduled to finish after the top paving…
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