Weimoth mayor details $2M signal plan, safety fixes and Route 3A corridor study

Mayor Headland said the town secured a state grant to design traffic signals at the intersection of Colombian and Forest Street and will seek a MassWorks construction grant to pay for building the signals, which the town estimates would cost about $2 million. "We did get a state grant ... to pay for design services ... scheduled to be completed ... by late spring, early summer of 2025," the mayor said.

The mayor described a separate safety project at Pleasant Street and Ralph Talbot, an intersection where a fatality occurred about three years ago. "We did get town appropriated about $60,000 for the design of that dangerous intersection. We did get state funds under the complete street program of about $480,000 to actually construct the improvements," she said, adding that design should be finished by summer 2025 and construction could start in fall or early winter 2025 with completion hoped for spring 2026.

The town is also studying Route 3A, locally known as Bridge Street, to identify traffic and pedestrian improvements and to consider zoning changes that might encourage compatible redevelopment along the corridor. "That project is looking at traffic improvements along the 3A corridor ... how we can make Bridge Street safer ... and try to slow the traffic down," the mayor said, noting the study aims to "knit both sides of Bridge Street" and is expected to wrap up in late spring 2025.

The mayor framed the projects as linked efforts to improve safety while fostering more attractive and compatible land uses. She said the town recognizes constraints created by adjacent single-family neighborhoods and that any zoning changes would seek to respect those areas while providing incentives for redevelopment.

The updates did not include formal votes or specific grant award confirmations; the town plans to apply for construction funding and expects further milestones if grant awards materialize.