Select Board asks engineers to model three Common Road options after town-center safety briefing

Jul 15, 2026

Planner Valerie presented town-center safety concepts and the board asked the town-hired engineers to evaluate three specific options for Common Road — keep closed, make one-way, or restore two-way — and return traffic and parking trade-offs for further consideration at an upcoming meeting.

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Valerie, the planner leading the town-center study, told the Select Board the project will “improve safety for all users in town center, looking at vehicle safety, pedestrian, and cyclist safety,” and described concept-level measures including signal-timing optimization, sidewalks and physically separated bicycle lanes.

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