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MEMORANDUM
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TO: Alfred S. Busa, ChairmanDATE: 11/16/„1 PAGE`
Board of Selectmen
FR❑M: Peter M. Chalpin, Chairman SUBJECT: Follen Road
Traffic Safety Committee Crosswalk Request
At its meeting of October 21, 1981 , the Traffic Safety
Committee discussed the request from Smith Avenue residents
for a crosswalk at Smith Avenue and Follen Road.
When the present system of crosswalks in the Locust
Avenue and Bowman School area was laid out last year, the
police department and the engineering department discussed
at considerable length the merits of a crosswalk at Smith
Avenue . It was felt then that a crosswalk here would serve
a false sense of security for the children, and it was re-
commended that Smith Avenue be used as a safer route to
Locust Avenue. This opinion has not changed. Last year,
at the insistance of several parents Officer Mills , acting
as the police department' s Safety Officer, worked out a plan
which permitted the children to cross Follen Road at Smith
Avenue in the event that they did not choose to follow the
other route (Smith to Locust) . Parents seemed comfortable
with this alternative which Officer Mills then demonstrated
with a group of children and parents. However, lack of
sidewalks and insufficient sight distances do not support a
crosswalk here. The committee recognized that Smith to
Locust presents a slightly longer walk for the children, but
considered this a safer route by comparison.
It is therefore recommended that the request for an
additional crosswalk be denied.
Those in attendance : Capt. Lima, Acting Chairman
Chief Corr
Mr. Trask
Mr. Rosenberg
Mr. Michelson
cc : Traffic Safety Committee
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