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Malden council candidates make safety, housing and budget top priorities at city forum
Summary
At a city-sponsored candidate forum, ward and at-large city council candidates emphasized street safety and transit access, housing affordability and the city’s looming budget gap as the leading issues for the November election.
A candidates’ forum hosted in Malden drew current councilors and challengers for two rounds of questions on public safety, housing, climate and city finances. Candidates from multiple wards and several at-large contenders said improving traffic safety, preserving affordability and clarifying the city’s budget picture are central priorities for the next council.
Candidates repeatedly pointed to speeding and unsafe crossings, and described specific local projects they are pursuing or supporting. Ward councilors discussed traffic-calming measures already in place and proposed expansions — speed humps, redesigned crosswalks…
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