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The Traffic Committee identified visibility, speeding, and traffic-operation concerns at the High Street/Ward Street/French Street and Main Street/Cushing Street/South Pleasant Street intersections. Members discussed possible roundabout, signal, bicycle and pedestrian, and traffic-calming improvements, but made no final design or construction decisions.
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The committee’s safety audit focused on two intersections where roadway geometry, hill crests, speeding, and turning patterns may create safety problems. It reviewed options such as a roundabout, wider pedestrian facilities, bike lanes, raised crossings, and other traffic-calming measures. The committee will continue coordinating with Boston MPO and Toole Design on future recommendations.
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