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Lakeville police flag high cost of regulating local roads, cite understaffing; $24,000 traffic grant secured
Summary
Police Chief Matthew Perkins told the Master Plan Implementation Committee that several Lakeville streets lack MassDOT regulation, that a recent contractor estimate to complete regulations was about $140,000, and that the department received $24,000 for traffic enforcement while warning the town is understaffed compared with cited standards.
Police Chief Matthew Perkins told the Town of Lakeville’s Master Plan Implementation Committee that several local streets have never been through the MassDOT speed-regulation process and would require a formal study to set permanent limits.
Chief Perkins said the town previously sought quotes to bring unregulated roadways into a regulated status and cited an older estimate near $100,000; in the meeting he referenced a more recent figure of about $140,000 to complete the work. He said one option discussed in the meeting (referred to during remarks as “9017…
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