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City parks staff preview Carter Hill Park master plan; Straw Street closure proposed with emergency access

Franklin Design Review Committee (DRC) · April 21, 2026
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Summary

Parks staff presented a conceptual master plan for Carter Hill Park that would expand trails, add interpretive signage and consider closing part of Straw Street to through traffic while preserving emergency access; staff will meet neighbors and handle state coordination for crossings on the state-route Columbia Avenue.

Lisa Clayton of the Parks Department briefed the DRC on a conceptual master plan for the expansion of Carter Hill Park, which Franklin’s Charge currently owns and will transfer to the city by the end of June. The high-level proposal envisions looped trails, split-rail battlefield fencing to match adjacent sites, interpretive signage, water stations and ADA connections from the new Carter House visitor center…

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