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Fall River traffic board approves no‑parking zone at Blossom/Indiantown fork after residents cite safety and illegal activity
Summary
After residents described congestion, drug paraphernalia and safety risks for children at a forked intersection on Blossom and Indiantown roads, the Fall River Traffic & Parking Board voted to request no‑parking signs for the wedge area; the signs must still clear ordinance and city council review before enforcement.
The Fall River Traffic & Parking Board voted to seek no‑parking signs for the triangular (“wedge”) intersection at Blossom Road and Indiantown Road after residents described repeated illegal parking, litter and safety risks for children waiting at a nearby bus stop.
Residents asked the board to restrict parking on both sides of the forked roadway from the fork to just before the first residential properties. Erin Parasy, who gave a Blossom Road address and said her high‑school‑age son uses the Diamond bus stop there, told the board: "My child's bus stop for high school is at that fork intersection." Parasy and other neighbors described parked vehicles narrowing the travel lane, people sitting in vehicles for long periods, and items left on the roadside including bottles, needles…
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