Residents urge quicker safety fixes at Old Marlboro/Woodland and other Concord intersections

Multiple public commenters addressed pedestrian and bicycle safety at specific intersections and asked TAC and public works to accelerate evaluations and fixes. Olivia Percy detailed sight-line problems at the Old Marlboro/Old Bridge/Woodland intersection, presented photos and sketches, and asked for measures including a rapid‑flashing beacon, crosswalk upgrades, curb realignment and traffic calming. "The sight lines are the major concern at this intersection," she said, and recommended both temporary trials (cones, speed cushions) and more permanent engineering work.

Other speakers echoed the need for earlier public exchange of conceptual designs and for measured evaluations. Jeff Collins of Concord Mobility asked that documents be made available before meetings and offered the group's assistance in reviewing how proposed bike/ped facilities will function on the ground. Linda Nieman of Mothers Out Front urged before-and-after speed measurements to test which interventions actually slow traffic. Public works acknowledged the requests and described the existing evaluation process—sight-line assessment, engineering measurement and inclusion of requests into a larger prioritized project list—while warning that certain low-cost measures still have significant price tags (for example, an RRFB construction example cited at about $55,000).