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Danvers trustees advance signage project but hear strong safety concerns; police, fire to be invited for review
Summary
Trustees reviewed progress on a multi-part interior and exterior signage project and heard sustained concern from multiple trustees about building safety and emergency wayfinding; trustees said the town will continue the signage procurement and try to arrange police and fire department input on emergency plans.
Trustees of the Town of Danvers Library received a lengthy update on a planned wayfinding and signage project and spent an extended portion of the meeting discussing safety and emergency preparedness in the library building.
A library official said the signage project remains in progress and described it as a comprehensive effort to add room-identification and directional signage throughout the building. "They come and they do a site visit and then they make recommendations of, like, where to put signs," the speaker said, describing vendor practice.
Several trustees expressed concern that signage alone might not solve emergency wayfinding problems. One trustee…
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