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Select Board approves targeted highway safety fixes: temporary no‑parking at Norman Road, chevrons and ball‑bank test at Shirley Hill
Summary
The board voted to take no further action on a Norman Road parking issue at the junior baseball fields but authorized temporary signage during season; it also directed DPW to perform a ball‑bank test and install two chevrons on Shirley Hill to evaluate a possible reduced speed posting.
The Goffstown Select Board on July 13 accepted the Highway Safety Committee’s recommendations on two neighborhood traffic issues.
For Norman Road near the Goffstown Junior Baseball fields, the Highway Safety Committee (presented by Kim Capen, S7) recommended not imposing permanent no‑parking restrictions. Instead, the committee installed temporary no‑parking signs during peak games, and the board approved a motion to take no further action on the item. “We decided as a committee not to take any action on that as instead of putting a no parking on each side of the road, we decided that I have the power just to put a temporary no parking sign up there, which we did,” S7 said.
On Shirley Hill near Bridal Road, the committee recommended adding chevrons and an additional sharp‑curve sign on the downhill approach and authorized the Department of Public Works to conduct a ball‑bank test to determine a recommended advisory speed if warranted. DPW was also authorized to install two chevrons and, if the ball‑bank test recommends a reduced advisory speed (e.g., 15 or 20 mph), to post the sign. The board voted to direct DPW to conduct the test and to allow the chief and DPW to install recommended signage based on test results.
These actions were framed as low‑cost, near‑term steps to improve driver awareness without changing town orders or triggering a formal public‑hearing process for permanent regulatory changes.
