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Needham declines Safe Streets for All grant after federal scope change
Summary
Select Board voted to decline a $320,000 Federal Highway Administration Safe Streets for All demonstration grant after FHWA changed conditions to prohibit pilot elements that would reduce vehicle capacity, leaving the town unable to pilot the planned road‑diet measures ahead of a final Envision Needham Center layout decision.
Needham’s Select Board voted Dec. 16 to decline a $320,000 Safe Streets for All demonstration grant after federal guidance changed the grant’s permissible scope and would have required the town to remove pilot elements that reduce vehicle capacity.
Town Manager Katie King told the board the Federal Highway Administration informed the town that grantees must rescope projects by the end of the calendar year to remove any elements that involve lane reductions. The town had originally planned to use the award to pilot…
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