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Residents press city for traffic calming after repeated crashes on Davenport-Dutton corridor
Summary
Residents and the mayor petitioned the Traffic & Parking Committee to study traffic calming at Davenport, Electric and Dutton streets after repeated property damage and high speeds; the committee voted to hold the petition and asked the city to conduct engineering studies and pursue traffic-calming options.
The Traffic and Parking Committee of the Worcester City Council on Oct. 15 held a petition from Mayor Joseph M. Petty asking the city to review traffic-calming measures on Dutton and Davenport streets and at Davenport and Electric Street, ordering staff to study “always stop” control and other engineering countermeasures.
The committee’s vice chair, Councilor Christian King, said the petition aimed “to improve traffic calming measures and prevent further property damage due to speeding.” Neighbors described repeated damage to a corner property and frequent high-speed cut-through traffic.
Resident William McCarthy, whose family has lived near the intersections for more than 60 years, told the committee that…
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