Traffic commission approves resident-only parking on Prospect and Reservoir, tables Ensign and permit-cap proposal

The Revere City Traffic Commission on June 18 approved resident-only parking zones for Prospect and Reservoir avenues, sent a package of neighborhood traffic options to public hearing and tabled several items for further study.

Chair opened the meeting after roll call and the Pledge of Allegiance and moved through a long agenda that began with public-hearing items. The commission voted to add Prospect Avenue and Reservoir Avenue to the city’s resident-sticker program after multiple residents and Ward 4 Councilor Paul Attenzio described chronic nonresident parking, overnight stays of vehicles and spillover from nearby commercial areas. Transportation director Zachary Babo told the commission the department recorded 19 unpermitted-vehicle violations in the study area from June 1–14 and 160 residential-parking violations from March 1–June 14, evidence members said supported the change.

The commission approved isolated stop signs on Central Avenue at Campbell Avenue (items 3 and 4) and ratified housekeeping edits to other stop-sign listings. Two handicap-parking additions (84 Florence Ave and 178 Constitution Ave) were sent to public hearing.

A cluster of proposals affecting the Harris Street School neighborhood — including no-parking near the housing authority fence, potential one-way conversions and related options — were sent to public hearing after planners from the Department of Planning and Community Development said they wanted all options on the table and broad community outreach. Commissioners asked staff to ensure neighbors are notified and to consolidate comments at the July hearing.

Two items were tabled for follow up: a public-hearing request to make a no-parking zone on Ensign Street permanent (commissioners agreed to a two-week rolling enforcement canvass and to consult Inspectional Services before revisiting) and a mayoral request to limit the number of residential parking permits per unit (the board voted to form a working group to study a hard cap, pricing options and an appeals process). Director Babo described permit distribution extremes in the city’s data packet and recommended the working group draft a fuller proposal before any vote.

On a speeding complaint on Charger Street, staff said radar signs will be redeployed and the traffic working group will review follow-up speed collection; if speeds remain high, the commission indicated it would support a temporary speed-hump trial and later formal notification if a permanent hump is installed.

The commission adjourned after agreeing next steps for enforcement, a working group and public hearings on several neighborhood items.