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Selectboard discusses missing signs, speed limits and traffic calming for North Road and Back River Road
Summary
Residents and board members flagged faded or missing speed and school-zone signs and debated lowering posted limits and deploying radar signs and temporary speed-control devices while larger projects (Fox Stand bridge, North Road) proceed.
Residents and selectboard members raised repeated concerns about missing or incorrectly posted speed signs, faded school-zone markings and speeding on roads including Peters Road, Back River Road and the North Road project corridor. One board member asked whether reducing posted limits requires a traffic survey with the state; staff explained a state traffic survey is typically required before a legal speed change can be adopted.
The board discussed short-term traffic calming while larger projects are scheduled. Loretta (speaker 10) said the town had deployed a radar speed trailer and expected grant money to buy additional, mobile radar signs for rotation. Board members proposed an inventory of existing signs, targeted replacements for obscured signs, and temporary measures such as movable radar signs and possibly rubber speed bumps (with insurance and plow-season caveats) to improve safety while permanent solutions are being planned.
