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Resident urges lower speed limit and more enforcement on Moose Mountain Road as paving approaches
Summary
A Brookfield resident asked the Selectboard to consider lowering the posted speed limit on Moose Mountain Road and to request stepped-up enforcement from Wakefield Police; the board agreed to research legal authority and asked a member to contact the police chief.
BROOKFIELD TOWN — Residents and Selectboard members discussed traffic speeds, paving and enforcement on Moose Mountain Road during public comment and board discussion, and the board agreed to research legal authority and ask Wakefield police for increased patrols.
Resident Tim Strassel, who identified himself at the meeting as living at 128 Moose Mountain Road, said the road has heavy pedestrian use, commercial vehicles serving the gravel pit and ski area, and recent logging traffic. “It’s a widely used pedestrian road, and there’s a lot of commercial traffic on that road,” Strassel said, asking the board to consider lowering the posted limit from 35 to 30 miles per…
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