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Select Board endorses Shared Streets grant application and Vision Zero resolution
Summary
After a year of task-force audits and intersection ranking, the Select Board authorized the town administrator to submit a MassDOT Shared Streets grant application requesting $223,000 for temporary safety interventions at priority intersections and endorsed the Vision Zero resolution to guide long-term roadway-safety strategy.
The Select Board authorized the town administrator to submit a MassDOT Shared Streets grant application seeking roughly $223,000 to install temporary safety countermeasures — improved signage, speed-feedback signs, and pedestrian-activated flashing beacons — at prioritized intersections (including Maple & Walnut, Concord & Brooks, Parker & Waltham, and Walnut & Parker).
Mario Damiana, chair of the Roadway Safety/Shared Streets task force, described a year of walkability audits, speed monitoring, and data collection that informed the list of pilot locations. "We're in our ballpark," he said, explaining the group's focus on low‑tech, quick-turn interventions that can be piloted and scaled.
The board also endorsed a Vision Zero resolution to adopt a long-term, strategic commitment to reduce severe crashes and fatalities. Staff said the grant is cost-reimbursable and does not require a municipal match; the board directed staff to proceed with the application and authorized digital signatures.
