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Engineering staff propose one new stop sign and clean up ordinance language; committee approves
Summary
City engineer recommended clarifying stop-sign code language and adding one stop for northbound Winter Street at School Street due to limited sight distance; two public requests for other stops did not meet MUTCD warrants and were not recommended. The committee voted to recommend ordinance adoption.
City Engineer Brian Ruof presented proposed updates to the stop‑sign ordinance to standardize and clarify wording and to add a single new stop sign: northbound Winter Street at School Street. Ruof explained that the city reviewed three locations recommended in the Safe Streets for All report; two public requests — a Lincoln/Roxbury four‑way and Forest/Chestnut — did not meet MUTCD (Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices) warrants and were not recommended. For Winter Street at School Street, staff found limited sight distance to the right, supporting a new stop sign.
Committee members supported publishing a progress list of Safe Streets for All recommendations; Ruof said he maintains an internal tracking list and can make it available to councillors and consider public posting. The committee voted unanimously to recommend the ordinance cleanup and addition of the Winter Street stop.
