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Templeton Select Board declines to issue ban on engine braking after public hearing for Baldwinville and Brooks roads
Summary
After a public hearing on Feb. 26, the Town of Templeton Select Board decided not to issue a traffic order under the town’s engine‑braking bylaw for Baldwinville and Brooks roads and instead forwarded the complaint to the police chief for enforcement review.
The Town of Templeton Select Board held a public hearing Feb. 26 on a petition asking the board to prohibit the use of engine braking — commonly called "Jake braking" — on Baldwinville Road and Brooks Road and to install signs enforcing the ban. After hearing testimony and a period of discussion, the board voted not to issue a traffic order under chapter 2.56‑1 of the town bylaws and said it would forward the hearing record and discussion to the police chief for any enforcement action.
The petition was filed in writing and presented at the hearing by William Graham, 510 Baldwinville Road. Graham told the board he has lived on Baldwinville Road for five years and that commercial trucks have used engine braking in the neighborhood, sometimes loudly and at speed. "I drove truck 46 years. I know.…
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