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Votes at a glance: Worcester Parking & Traffic Committee actions, Feb. 12, 2025
Summary
Summary of formal committee actions taken at the Feb. 12 meeting, including approvals, holds and filings on petitions for signs, crosswalks, handicap spaces and studies.
The Worcester City Parking & Traffic Committee completed deliberations on numerous petitions at its Feb. 12 meeting. Below is a compact summary of formal actions and outcomes recorded on the agenda items covered.
Votes at a glance (selected items): - 9B (Azalea/Rainbow): Approved installation of a stop sign on Azalea Drive where it meets Rainbow Drive. Vote: 3–0 (Bergman/King/Florio). Implementation: DTM to schedule sign installation. - 7D (Ward Street resident permit parking request): Committee filed the item to pursue a handicapped space request (petitioner had already applied for a handicap space); outcome: filed (3–0). - 6A/6B (No parking near 48 Wyndham Street): Committee held these items for further engagement with petitioners and the filer; outcome: hold (3–0) — clerk to coordinate follow up. - 6D (Greenbrier Lane one‑side no‑parking request): Filed following resident opposition; outcome: file (3–0). - 5E (Burnco Street at Arbutus Road): Approved solar rapid flashing beacon installation; outcome: approved (3–0), funding subject to programming. - 4E and 5A–5C (Piedmont Street 25 mph signage and three crosswalks): Approved recommendations; outcome: approved (3–0) — two crosswalks require ADA ramp work. - 5D (Hamilton at Harrington Way): Approved rapid flashing beacon pending funding and minor ramp update (3–0). - 11A (Holden Street truck petition): Filed and chairman’s order for DTM truck study approved; committee asked for corridor‑wide study (3–0). - 13A & 13B (Shrewsbury Street and Belmont Street safety reports): Filed and directed DTM follow up; outcome: filed (3–0). - Multiple handicap parking requests: Several were approved, some were held for petitioner verification or re‑advertisement (see provenance below for which items were filed, approved or held).
Most votes were unanimous in a three‑member roll call (Councillors Bergman, King, Chair Donna Colorio). In instances where petition language was incorrect or incomplete, the committee either held the item for re‑advertising (7C Kendrick Street; 3F 118 Tower Street) or filed with direction to staff and clerks to coordinate refilings. Several approvals were noted as “pending funding” when curb ramp or capital funding is required.
For full details, including petition text and staff recommendations, see the provenance blocks below.
