Danvers staff outline proposed traffic-rule changes; board set for October public hearing

Town staff returned to the Select Board with a redlined draft of proposed changes to the community’s Traffic Rules and Orders and asked the board for initial feedback before a planned formal hearing in October.

Aaron Henry, LUCS director, summarized the packet and said the Transportation Advisory Commission (DTAC) had been handling day-to-day signage and advisory issues; the items in the packet require Select Board action. Henry emphasized that the meeting was an introduction and that the board could pause or ask for more work before a formal vote. He tentatively scheduled a formal hearing and adoption process for the second meeting in October and said the town would advertise the hearing per state requirements.

Major policy proposals summarized by staff: - All-day employee paid-parking permit: convert about 48 identified “all day” spaces across downtown municipal lots into numbered/permit spaces…