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MEMORANDUM
TO Board of Selectmen DATE: April 4, 1972 PAGE:
FROM Traffic Committee sue.ECT•Franklin School Traffic
The traffic and parking pattern near Franklin School has been a source of con-
flicting traffic movements and congestion due to the following factors
a. School buses drive to the northerly end of Stedman Rd. and circle the
school clockwise, conflicting with other traffic moving across their path in front
of the school and contributing to congestion in Stedman Rd.
b. This congestion is further aggravated by waiting parents ana staff parking
along the easterly side of Stedman Rd. and by the residents placing wooden barriers
next to their driveway exits to prevent parking. The effect is to reduce the width
of roadway open to moving traffic to one lane. An occasional vehicle stopping
along the westerly side of the street blocks the traffic.
c. Allen St. roadway is only 20 ft. wide and parking along either side reduces its
effective width to one lane.
d. The conflicting traffic movements are a hazard for the children who have to cross
Allen St.
The Traffic Committee has recommended the acceptance of a plan worked out by the
Police Dept. to improve the situation. The principal changes are as follows.
a. Reverse the direction of buses around the school to counter-clockwise to
coincide, rather than conflict, with the traffic direction in front of the school.
b. Prohibit parking along both sides of Allen St. west of Stedman Rd. (and around
the corner to the southeast) , prohibit parking along the westerly side of Stedman Rd.
c. Designate and paint a crosswalk from the northerly side of Allen St. to the
easterly side of Stedman Rd. and prohibit parking next to the crosswalk.
d. Designate the easterly side of Stedman Rc. for staff parking and the easterly
side of Allen St south of Stedman Rd. junction as parking for the waiting parents.
The above recommenuations are graphically represented on the attached sketch map.
It is our understanding that a paved walk will be provided on school land from the
crosswalk in back of the staff parking.
A. V. Zaleski
Committee Chairman
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cc: Town Manager
Capt. Lima
P. Chalpin
School Committee
Chief Corr