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Council denies full A Street closures for businesses, limits events to sidewalk and Ashe Ave.
Summary
After safety and transportation concerns, Newton City Council denied requests to close A Street for multi-date events and instead allowed limited use of the sidewalk and Ashe Avenue; a separate request for periodic sidewalk events was likewise restricted to the sidewalk.
Newton City Council on April 4 declined requests from two downtown businesses to close portions of A Street for customer events, citing public-safety and traffic concerns, and instead approved limited use of the sidewalk and Ashe Avenue.
City Manager Jonathan Franklin told the council he could not recommend closing A Street because of public-safety response and transportation impacts. Jeff Allen, owner of Novel…
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