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Select Board clarifies Traffic Safety Committee charge and urges DOT grant application for Route 16 corridor
Summary
The Select Board instructed the Traffic Safety Committee to focus on a DOT application to address safety along the Route 16 corridor and Page Hill. Board members recommended committee coordinate with local data holders and Lakes Region Planning Commission representatives to assemble an application before the May/June deadline.
The Select Board and Traffic Safety Committee discussed the committee’s charter and immediate assignment: prepare a Department of Transportation application to address the Route 16 corridor through Tamworth and safety at Page Hill. The board emphasized that Route 16 is a state road and projects require placement in DOT’s 10‑year plan, which in turn requires a scored regional application.
Committee volunteer Joe Coco and other committee members were told to gather the safety data and narrative required by the DOT form and to consult with local experts — specifically Alex Moot and John Botkin, who have been assembling relevant crash and traffic data for the Lakes Region — and with the Lakes Region Planning Commission’s Transportation Advisory Committee for scoring guidance. The board set an informal deadline tied to the DOT grant window (May/June) and offered to extend the committee’s charter for additional tasks if later approved.
Board members cautioned the committee to stick to its chartered scope (the DOT submission) rather than broaden immediately into other traffic concerns that fall outside this assignment and to bring a completed application back to the board for confirmation.
