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Committee forwards several street safety and parking requests to city engineer and law department
Summary
The committee approved changes to Laurel Street signage, forwarded multiple speed‑limit and neighborhood safety orders for engineering study, and referred parking/loading problems (including a loading zone request, driveway clearance and 'do not block box' painting) to the city engineer for recommendations.
On Nov. 12 the Holyoke Ordinance Committee approved a series of public‑safety and parking motions and referred several items to the city engineer and law department for technical review.
The committee accepted DPW and engineering recommendations to remove Laurel Street from the variable‑speed schedule and asked for signs at both ends to remind drivers of the citywide 25 mph limit. The committee also discussed Saint Jerome Avenue, where DPW removed an old 30 mph sign; members determined a traffic study is needed to confirm 'thickly settled' status before formally adopting a 25 mph ordinance for that stretch and tabled the order pending engineering follow‑up.
Separately, the committee referred a request to paint no‑parking markings and install signage at 156 Oak Street (to improve dumpster access), and bundled follow‑up orders about crosswalks and 'do not block the box' striping at Sargent & Elm and other narrow‑street safety concerns, sending them to the city engineer to assess feasibility and costs. DPW staff warned painting is weather‑dependent and that some driveway clearances beyond the state standard of five feet would require ordinance changes.
Next steps: city engineer to study the listed locations and return recommendations about striping, signage, and any needed ordinance amendments; law department to draft any ordinance language required for driveway clearance or municipal parking rules.
