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Council discontinues paper road Merit Road between Webster and Stockton
Summary
By roll call vote the Chelsea City Council formally discontinued Merit Road, a 50‑foot wide paper street between Webster Avenue and Stockton Street, after the planning board and Traffic & Parking Commission held hearings and recommended discontinuance; council recorded 8 yeas, 0 nays, 3 absent.
The Chelsea City Council on April 28 voted to discontinue Merit Road, a 50‑foot‑wide paper way between Webster Avenue and Stockton Street that the administration had identified as unused for travel and a source of debris and dumping.
The agenda materials and planning board record indicate staff recommended discontinuance and noted the parcel would be surplus property thereafter; the city manager memo asked the council to adopt an order under Chapter 82 Section 21 of Massachusetts General Laws and the city code section 24‑85. The council adopted the order by roll call with eight members voting in favor and three absent.
Why this matters: Discontinuing the paper road clears a title/path for future disposition and redevelopment of the parcel and is intended to reduce blight and illegal dumping problems on that alignment.
Provenance: Planning board endorsement and city manager request for discontinuance appeared in communications and the council adopted the order at the meeting by roll call.
