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Council orders traffic-calming policy after heated debate over Holmes Road
Summary
Council unanimously approved a petition directing staff to develop formal traffic-calming standards and committees after extensive debate about the size, visibility and emergency-service impacts of recent raised crosswalks, especially on Holmes Road.
After an extended discussion that focused repeatedly on Holmes Road's new raised crosswalk and other recent traffic-calming installations, the Pittsfield City Council voted unanimously to have the administration develop a formal traffic-calming policy and a public process under a newly awarded federal grant.
Commissioner Morales told the council the city's federal grant (SS4A program) will pay for three deliverables: (1) a Pittsfield-specific traffic-calming policy with technical standards, (2) a resident-facing process for…
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