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DOT recommends several four‑way stops; Select Board to vote after town concerns
Summary
The N.H. Department of Transportation proposed converting several local intersections to four‑way stops; the Chocorua Village Association supports the plan while residents raised concerns about traffic backups. The Select Board is scheduled to vote on the proposal.
Richard Doucette, the commission’s Select Board representative, summarized a DOT safety proposal to convert several intersections in town to four‑way stops as a cost‑effective measure to reduce accidents and fatalities.
According to Doucette, DOT weighed other measures such as pedestrian‑activated flashing beacons but rejected them for cost reasons and advised that repainting crosswalks alone was not recommended. Community members expressed concern that four‑way stops could cause traffic backups; Doucette said DOT expects such impacts to be minimal compared with signalized intersections. The Chocorua Village Association supports the DOT proposal. The Select Board is scheduled to take up the DOT recommendation at an upcoming meeting.
