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The committee voted 3-0 to advance several traffic-safety changes, including new stop signs and restrictions on left turns near schools and intersections. It also favorably approved a dam-removal design grant and an update to building regulations, while three vehicle-towing ordinances remained under review.
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If later approved, drivers would face new stop signs at Pine Street and Prospect Street and Old Cabot Road and Russellville Road. Left turns would be prohibited on red from Pochassic Street onto North Elm Street, and at Westfield Middle School and Highland Elementary School during specified weekday hours; buses could still turn left from Westfield Middle School. The committee also advanced a state-funded preliminary design study for a former water-supply dam property and updated building regulations, but the proposed expanded veterans’ tax abatements were removed without a vote for further review.
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