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Half Moon residents press committee on gates, plowing and bus stops and request town meeting and traffic study
Summary
Resident Jim Boyle and other Half Moon Association members asked whether the town will continue plowing/sanding after road work, whether bus stops will remain if gates are installed, and whether the town will require or fund traffic studies or signals; Chair Magnani agreed to raise the concerns with Town Council and other boards.
During the committee's reading of resident letters, Jim Boyle of 127 Algonquin Trail described longstanding concerns for the Half Moon condominium community and asked for a meeting with Town Manager Michael D. Herbert and Select Board Chair Joseph J. Magnani.
In written and oral remarks Boyle said residents want clarity on three issues: whether the town will continue to sand and plow Captain Eames Circle and Algonquin Trail after road improvements (and whether gates on Cedar Street would change that), whether school buses will continue to pick up and drop off students inside the complex if gates are installed, and whether the town will require or fund a traffic study and potential traffic-signal costs if gates reroute traffic (a traffic signal at Cedar and Fruit was discussed as a possibility). "Will the town continue this practice after the first phase of the roads?" Boyle asked in his correspondence read at the meeting.
Committee members noted prior work on the area, including a 2024 traffic study by Evan White that recorded average daily traffic in the Algonquin/Captain Eames area at about 2,285 vehicles and estimated roughly 2,135 residents. The committee discussed whether a traffic study should be required as a condition of permitting or project approval; Chair Magnani said he would discuss the concerns with Town Council and with relevant permitting boards, including Planning and ZBA, about making a traffic study a condition around Cedar Street and East Union Street.
The resident requested a meeting with the Town Manager and select-board leadership; the committee agreed to follow up.
