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Cranston council greenlights ‘local traffic only’ designation for Chiswick Road after resident pleas
Summary
Residents urged the council to designate Chiswick Road as local-traffic-only after city traffic studies showed heavy cut-through volumes; council approved ordinance referral and staff will add signage and ask navigation apps to stop routing through the street.
Cranston City Council voted Feb. 17 to advance an ordinance to designate Chiswick Road as local-traffic-only after residents and the ordinance sponsor described repeated cut-through traffic and safety hazards.
Kevin Essington, a Chiswick Road resident, told the council the narrow street is home to 20 families, including school-age children and older adults, and said the city’s traffic studies from…
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