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Council approves roadside memorial ordinance and proposes memorial garden with tree‑planting option
Summary
The council approved an ordinance allowing city removal of roadside memorials after a minimum 15‑day posting and passed a companion resolution to create a memorial garden program that would include city‑planted commemorative trees.
The Woonsocket City Council on June 16 approved changes to the municipal code to regulate roadside memorials and also passed a resolution creating a memorial garden program that would offer an alternative to ad‑hoc memorials in rights‑of‑way.
Vice President Councilwoman Sierra introduced the ordinance (25 O 41) and the related resolution (25 R 81). Sierra said the code change would allow the director of public works and the safety director to remove roadside memorials no sooner than 15 days after they are…
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