Comments Regarding Shrewsbury St Doyle Road Improvement Project

Richard Bennett - 4/15/22

Comment: The root cause of the majority of the traffic that backs up, begins at the intersection of Routes 31 and 122, during heavy evening traffic. That area should've been the starting point for improving vehicle flow through town. Putting in a rotary at Doyle Road and Shrewsbury Street won't solve the traffic congestion in any fashion and will allow trucks (which Doyle Road IS NOT the local truck route, and already has massive tractor trailer traffic using "Jake brakes" at all hours of the day and night) from flying down the road. I predict some massive accidents at this rotary due to truck drivers not realizing/caring about the need to travel at slower speeds, and rolling over into homes, pedestrians or both. Additionally my home has a roadside mailbox and a decent front yard which eliminates the noise of the traffic from reaching the inside of our home (except for the Jake brake noises). Reducing the front yard will bring the traffic noise closer to my home and no longer being able to get my mail at my home will ruin its appeal. How will the DPW/ and MASSDOT rectify the noise issues that currently aren't a factor but will become one? Also what is the compensation for land being taken for the project? Doyle and Brattle already has had it's share of formidable accidents from lack of speed controls. Removing a stop light and adding a rotary creates a speedway in essence. Also when Mountview Middle School is arriving or leaving for the day this will hijack traffic for those periods and exacerbate the matter even further than it currently does. Aside from a couple blocks of added sidewalks I don't see the value of this project, especially not in remediating traffic issues. At an extremely huge cost to the taxpayers.

Pat Collier - 11/22/19

Comment: Can anyone share how this is going to affect traffic entering or
exiting the Mountview School Drive? Traffic depends on the light turning red
to cause a break in traffic, if we do not have a light it will likely cause a
backup of traffic waiting to get in and out.

Chapel Street Resident - 11/4/19

Comment: On the original plans for the Shrewsbury St/Chapel St intersection
was a right turn lane from Shrewsbury St WB onto Chapel, now that's been
eliminated???? Half of people going through that intersection are going up
Chapel. And currently there are a lot of people who illegally cut throughthe
property on that corner, behind the building. Not to mention - the ONLY
reason traffic gets backed up to Mt View/Doyle/Shrewsbury is because of the
light at Holden/Shrews/Chapel. If you're going to do this atrocity of a
project, keep the right turn lane onto Chapel!!!

Dean Carlson and Dave Ellis of Chaffins Congregation - 7/30/19

The biggest concern is the increase in noise due to the expansion of the edge of pavement, allowing cars approximately 10' closer to the building. Any kind of noise reduction would be possible like bushes? Where will the Chaffin's sign need to be relocated? Can we remove one of the entrance and exits?

Roy Fraser - 7/10/19

Concerned about alignment of the driveway on Shrewsbury St., on the eastern side of the property. Would like the property line surveyed and confirm if the angle of the driveway is adequate for entering and exiting the parking lot. The location of the entrance/exit is too close to some bushes/trees on that side.

William Murwin – 12/27/18

It appear in the proposal that "Northern" Brattle Street would now direct be opposite our driveway. Is this correct? Would there be a traffic light at this intersection?

What would happen to the utility poles? What would happen to the community mailbox?
Finally, But does this proposal change my property lines or just the public easement in front of my property?

Currently the speed limit for this section of the road is 25MPH, would this changed?

Matthew Costa - 12/28/2018

The proposed change at the intersection of Main and Shrewsbury looks to be problematic. At the moment, drivers hop into the right lane to undertake and dangerously merge last minute without indication. This new plan puts that merge closer to the intersection and will cause more congestion by cars turning into the Dunkin Donuts parking lot. A solution may involve turning that right hand lane into a turn only lane to prevent dangerous undertaking and merging, and allowing traffic to move smoothly in the left lane.

Femi Ojeikere – 1/8/2019

My name is Femi Ojeikere and we received a letter dated December 18, 2018 regarding the Shrewsbury St. & Doyle Rd Improvement Project which stated that our property located at 14 Holden Street, Holden MA 01520 may be impacted. I reviewed the preliminary project road design, but I am not quite sure how our property would be impacted. Please can you help us understand the potential easement mentioned in the letter. Your explanation would be helpful in gaining a better understanding before the January 9th meeting.

Kaitlyn P - 1/9/19

Hi my name is kaitlyn and I go to Mountview middle school. Sadly my mom is my only ride to the meeting and sadly she isn't feeling good so I hope I am not to late to put in a comment but I heard about your idea about putting in a rodary near the school.(Or anywhere in holden actually) now I know I cant stop you but at least I can give some reasons (In my opinion ) on why you should NOT put in a roadery there. First to being with School busses I live on a street where school buses cant get on but. When kids need to get to school and in winter if the bus tries to make a sharp turn it could crashand injer some kids or evan spin off the road and caused a accident. Where than traffic would be backed up. Cars in holden- Now im not saying EVERYONE in holden does this but a lot o the time people are rushing though and will honk at people being jerks. and what if someone decides to stop there you haveit Another car crash :/ . and in the morning when people are trying to get to there job and rush traffic at night ..well I know that not all people are nice and wont let you getinto the rotary and by the time some one does its backes up all the way to good Idas (ps there ice creams are great) anywho. Also I wish you wouldn't put a rotary because that will just block up more traffic. And when school busses try to get in they will arrive late and instead the kids will get a tardie for being late when it wasn't there fault. I know I have a few friends who never want to be late and if that happens...well..lets just say it won't be good. anyway -Runners and bikers- I know this from experience but what if a runner wants to get to the other side? and no thisinsit a joke. Not a lot of cars would let them so . how would they get accrose when there's no cross walks while as if you keeped that light there they could cross safely without and one getting run overby a car. Also a biker if they have to go though a roadry !?!?!? GAH! id be scared to even try to bike though it! one wrong thing than your done for. ALso-half days or walkers in general - when they walk to school how are they supposed to get to the other side if there's a ROTARY THERE!?!? if you decide to put one there ..Just don't. anywho what i'm trying to say is hear there are mannnyyy reasons you should NOT put a rotary in oh ya almost for got. Houses!!!! I heard people will lose there houses !!! I would not be happyif i had to move out of mine! think of those people that have no choice but to ,ove out all because the town voted yes. try being in there shoes . and also when there grand children ask why you had to move do you seriously want to be the ones who sayed . I had no choice because of a rotary. ! Look all im trying to sa is in my opinion a rotary there is a bad idea I want to tellyou all my reasons but i'm afraid I cant say them all or you would be reading this for about 2 years so ill leave you with this. As a citizen of HoldenAnd the right to say this. I hope I can get you to change your minds about this. I hope that light can stay there and the cidisends of holden will also see the rotary in my perspective as me. and I don't want you to think of thisas a joke. Because I want to try to stop a rotary but in reality i'm just a citizen. And i'm just one seventh grader that goes to Mountview. I hope my opinion gets read. I hope for a lot . And I hope that someday Ill get tobe in holden and be at the town meeting in the future. if your reading this thank you for taking the time to read this one message from a seventh grader. I opreseat it and am grateful I got though to some one.

Robin G. – 1/10/19

   For the Shrewsbury/Main street intersection: Is there a way to move the bank driveway entrance further east on Shrewsbury street? People turn left into that driveways and it creates a hazardous situation with people passing on the right.
    For the entire project: Please make sure that the driveway cuts are large enough that people can pull in and out of their driveway. The new asphalt sides of the road further down Shrewsbury Street where we live (#457) force us to run over the curb to turn right out of our driveway so as not to impinge on oncoming traffic. This was never an issue before the curbs were installed. Also, when the paving was being done, the town cut across our newly installed driveway and removed the asphalt at the bottom. When they repaired it, they left a crack that is now growing crabgrass and I have not been able to successfully seal it. Any aprons that are installed must have proper sealing of the junction between the driveway and the repair so that grass doesn’t grow. Can the town please come and fix this for my property as well? (457 Shrewsbury Street).
    Avoid putting grass strips between the curb and the sidewalks. These are constantly being dug up by the sidewalk snowblower and have to be reseeded every year. They only grow crabgrass. This is a waste of money and resources.
    The Shrewsbury/Holden street intersection looks like it is going to significantly enlarge this intersection and change the character of this area. The character of this intersection has been an issue at town meetings repeatedly when it was proposed to rezone part of this to a commercial zone. Please keep this intersection in character with the existing neighborhood. Proper timing and coordination of the street lights on Main Street and on Shrewsbury Street, especially if they can be automatically adjusted to monitor traffic flow on Shrewsbury Street and intersecting streets, would be a better way to address the congestion at this intersection than increasing its footprint. Now would be the time to invest in the technology to do this the right way. Don’t make this intersection look like a commercial zone.
    In addition, this Shrewsbury/Holden street intersection plan looks like it cuts into the parking lot of the property where the dog grooming salon is. Do not take any of their parking lot for this purpose. Even though it is not zoned commercial, there has traditionally been a small business operating out of that property for many years. Reducing the available parking lot space will limit what kinds of businesses can operate there, and may provide incentive to once again try to zone it commercial so the existing building can be pulled down to put up something that we don’t want in this neighborhood like a gas station or a honey farms.
    I don’t fundamentally oppose a roundabout at the Doyle/Shrewsbury intersection, however people’s concerns about traffic coming off the rotary so close to the school driveway are very valid. If there is a rotary here, the Mountview driveway should be one of the entrances directly onto the rotary so that people can get out of the school grounds safely. Otherwise, come up with a different plan, possibly a sweeping intersection from Doyle going onto Shrewsbury, with an island between this traffic and the Mountview middle school exit.
    Taking so much property from the home owners at the Brattle/Doyle Road intersection is completely unacceptable. I agree that this is a very dangerous intersection. I will not use the Brattle cut-through to enter Doyle Road from north on Shrewsbury Street. My opinion is that the Brattle cut-through could be eliminated and turned into a cul-de-sac right before Shrewsbury Street so that it is never used as a cut-through. People can, and do, go up Holden street to Shrewsbury street as an alternative. We certainly do at certain times of day to get to our house further down Shrewsbury Street, because it’s a dangerous intersection to try and cross. With the improvements at Doyle and Shrewsbury, there should be no need for people to turn right onto Brattle Street rather than continuing on to turn right onto Shrewsbury Street.
    People’s concerns about enabling more trucks and traffic between Main and Shrewsbury are very well founded. It’s not Holden’s responsibility to enable mass transit for all of Central Massachusetts, Rutland and the western towns. Before doing anything that will encourage even more trucks and traffic to use this route and overflow into adjoining neighborhoods, consider whether this is in the best interests of the people of Holden. We don’t have noise or truck ordinances restricting trucks to certain routes, we don’t have any noise ordinances aimed at the use of jake brakes or loud motorcycles in town. It has gotten so bad at my end of Shrewsbury Street that I can’t keep my windows open in the summer at night any more, because 18 wheelers come down my street at 3am and put on their jake brakes in front of my house, as well as people with loud motorcycles speeding down Shrewsbury in the middle of the night on their way to West Boylston. It was not like this 20 years ago when I bought my house. I can’t imagine what it must be like for the poor people who live in the area of this project. I think we would be better off petitioning the state to do something about getting more trucks to use the Main street corridor and avoid the Shrewsbury street area altogether. We also need a vehicle noise ordinance in town that is enforced, and a designated truck route with NO JAKE BRAKES ALLOWED IN THE TOWN OF HOLDEN EVER. I would strongly suggest designing the current project such that truck traffic is more likely to use the commercially zoned streets in town, rather than Shrewsbury Street. Put in a truck route in the commercial areas only.

James Kempton – 1/11/19

Plan 1: (Main St / Shrewsbury St)
• A new sidewalk between BOA driveways should be proposed. Currently, pedestrians must walk within bank driveways / parking lot, private property.
• Zero pedestrian accommodations proposed crossing at signal or at Lincoln needed
Plan 2: (Shrewsbury / Lincoln / Wachusett)
• Feasibility of Lincoln Ave one way SB?
• Ped crossing at Lincoln or Wachusett?
Plan 3: None
Plan 4: None
Plan 5: (Shrewsbury / Holden / Chapel)
• Proposed intersection is unnecessarily wide. Keep intersection tight and retain free right turns and make islands smaller.
• Crosswalks are too far from sidewalks and out fo the normal pedestrian path. Nobody will walk 200’ out of their way.
• Intersection is so wide, signal clearances will need to be extended, causing delay +2 or 3 secs/phase
• Can signalize entire intersection using only 2 masts w/arms?
Plan 6: None
Plan 7: None
Plan 8 (Shrewsbury / Doyle / Mt View)
• The circle is very large. I believe a 60’ island would work fine and not involve expanding the area to the south
• Approach deflection should be greater to reduce entry speeds
• Functional Design Report?
• Approach dominance of Doyle Rd?
• Circle will not generate gaps for school exits like signal does
• Feasibility of buses using Mt View Dr
Plan 9: None
Plan 10: None
Plan 11 (Doyle / Brattle)
• I think the island treatments help sight distance greatly. Don see the need to create to offset T intersections. Excessive land takings not worth the expense.

Janna Goodnow – 1/11/19

Hi Mr. Woodsmall, wanted to send my comments via email in regards to the Preliminary Design work for Shrewsbury Street to Doyle Rd. My concerns are that the scale and scope of this project are to grand for the area you are working with and I have listed below what I feel the town and engineers involved need to closely review. I do agree with the gentleman who stated that the connector to I190 is what is really needed here and should be reviewed again before any improvements to this area move forward.

Concerns:

Width of road and adding sidewalks to both sides. In my opinion, this is not required, replacing the sidewalks that exist would be a better solution.

Bike Lanes: Seems like this is being forced in order to get funding. There is little to NO bike traffic on Shrewsbury Street or Doyle Road, these are not safe roads for bicycling now or with any of the improvements in the plan. This should be removed, no value added, not needed.

I highly disagree with the figure of 1.5% of the 11 to 14K vehicles are truck/tractor trailers/trash and gravel haulers. That number misrepresents the high volume of truck traffic on these roads, Shrewsbury, Doyle and Holden Streets.

Roundabout at Doyle and Shrewsbury, not needed, this will only add to the stopped traffic and is far too large for the area to accommodate.

Utilities, as far as I know there is no plan to bury all utilities? Now would be the time and this is the way to go for the future.

Proposed intersection at Shrewsbury/Holden/Chapel St., is much too large for the area, needs to be scaled back or work with current capacity. Current proposal is not acceptable.

Lawn strip between sidewalk and road, this is a waste of space, and who will maintain the area? Residents or the town? Sterling was reference many times last night, we own property on the newly developed RT 12 strip, this should be an example NOT to follow! Roundabouts are too tight for tractor trailers, I have watched this first hand in Sterling and they have the space and it is still t0o tight, Holden does not have the space and this should not be considered. Also if you look at all the grassy areas in Sterling, they are all weeds, a mess and a disgrace to the town.

Moving of Brattle street entrance on to Shrewsbury Street, will cause accidents as the traffic won’t slow for that short turn and I see many rear end accidents occurring here.

Lastly these are residential neighborhoods, the best plan of action would be to bury the utilities, rehab the sidewalks and repave all roads, this is Holden, not Westborough or Shrewsbury, last thing we need is for this area to resemble Rte. 9. I feel the plans so far are not friendly to the abutters and not a good fit for this area or the town. It seems the focus in on moving traffic and not the residents who are impacted the most.

Thank you for reviewing my concerns and hopefully changes will and can be made to the current plan.

Bruce Keddy – 1/11/19

I believe the turnout on Wednesday evening shows that the property owners along Shrewsbury St are not in favor of this project. Sidewalks and bike lane? The state should keep out of small towns and not make them into Worcester or Boston. These designers do not live here.
It was brought up that the traffic signals are not working correctly. Why cannot these be updated and "timed" to allow a smother flow of traffic?
There needs to be a public forum to show the entire town what is happening to our neighborhood.

Edmond Benoit

Attended Public forum on 1/9/19. Although much of traffic will still flow towards an overcrowded Main Street corridor, I firmly believe we need to improve as many choke points as possible in the primary routes vehicles take to get back and forth from Interstates and the Holden, Rutland, Barre, Hubbardston corridor. This area is one of those points and TIP funding, although comes with some requirements that aggravate design and may create local community issues, still an incredible cheap (for the Town) way of dealing with many of current deficiencies in this area. Believe the Chapel/Holden Street intersection proposal is fundamentally sound, particularly if approach from Chapel Street is made wide enough to handle right turn towards Main Street and two separate lanes to allow left turn vehicles and straight ahead (towards Holden Street) to have separate approach to intersection. Same should hold true for the reverse of Holden Street approach to intersection.

However have serious concerns regarding a rotary (roundabout) at Doyle Road and Shrewsbury Street. Mt. View School entrance is extremely close to the rotary, entrance from and to Mt. View Dr. would be in middle of the rotary, and with no traffic light, particularly during peak periods traffic will likely remain uninterrupted making entrance and exits from school and Mt. View Dr. difficult and dangerous. Fear same would hold true for the many children walking from Doyle Road, as rotary crossing is more complex and 6th through 8th graders are not well known for paying close attention to detail or following adult preferred walking patterns. A rotary is not something that should be in a location where many children would need to cross regularly, Winter snow piles would only complicate that danger. An improved traffic light intersection should be considered. Widening the intersection to allow larger vehicles to take left turn onto Shrewsbury Street without having to narrowly miss vehicles (my experience) stopped at light waiting to go straight towards W. Boylston and better signalization should help move traffic along. Lights also allow opportunity for traffic or walkers to enter the roadways during breaks in traffic flow. Realize it still early in the game, but is such a major project that do feel creating a small work group of local impacted citizens, some school folks, and your professionals would help create an understanding that this is not being done absent community concerns. All in all, believe you are on the right track, and hope the project will be a success for the community.

Edmond Benoit – 1/13/19

Chris Ciociolo - Mrs. Ciociolo meet with the DPW on 1/17/19 to address her concerns.

Her concerns are summarized as follows:

The proposed grading at the intersection of Main St. and Shrewsbury looks like it is encroaching in the Plaza area, down our already steep embankment and into a portion of the parking lot. We cannot lose any parking spots. Can the proposed road be shifted further north at this intersection which will help eliminate work within the property and stop the snow plows pushing snow down the embankment and into the parking lot. We cannot have a sidewalk here, it will cause us to lose too much land. Will there be a crosswalk put across Shrewsbury St to allow pedestrians to cros from one side to the other?

Deb Richards - 1/17/2019

Interesting meeting last night...with many additional concerns from every direction. As mentioned several times....it seems that the traffic in this area needs to be diverted to another access point to get travelers to I190/290 in an easier fashion. Revisiting the option of Malden St area seems to be an option and in the long run...we know that additional growth from Rutland and more need to have access...not all through the Main St...to Shrewsbury /Doyle Rd connector.

As a resident of Brattle Street...the intersection at Doyle is a constant accident location. The schematic in the plan appears to be an addition to accidents as well as compromising the current owner’s property. For 35 years of calling in accidents..another 5 years before something is corrected seems questionable.... (I see lights that are activated as traffic approaches to STOP....isn't this a possibility for Brattle/ Doyle Rd....? ie: the intersection at Pinecroft Dairy area)

As owners on Shrewsbury St are concerned with wider roads....losing the neighborhood feel of their home changing....we should be mindful of safety....and traffic flow....for now and the future....but the presentation last night did not provide a confidence that allows the home owners to promote this current plan...… It feels more like wanting to get state money and spend it but in the long run not really improve the current situation.

I am interested in the process as well as many who spoke last night. The presentation did not provide any comfort and positive initiative for the full room of residents. If there are future meetings/...and/ or task force groups I would like to participate... The attendance last night is a very good response that our residents CARE about our town now and for the future.

Scott Charbonneau - 1/10/2019

I will say I did find the Shrewsbury Road Re-construction meeting interesting the other night and I do believe you are very sincere in your wanting the abutter’s feedback. But I have to leave it there; watching the body language and facial expression of other Town Officials in the room that night. I agree Shrewsbury Street is a nightmare at certain hours of the day. As it is now, people can at least use the existing traffic light cycles to attempt to find breaks in the traffic flow. Residents are using them to sneak out of their driveways or side streets. A lot of the time it takes two or three cycles to get out or sometimes a truck or a nice person will let you into traffic. Putting in a rotary will take away that advantage and compound the problems as there will Never be a break in the flow of traffic and we will then Have to rely on or hope someone “nice” passing by.

I will also say that after the meeting when I was looking at the drawings and asked your Town Engineer if the line I was looking at was indeed the new center line of the proposed road. Having determined that and pointing out that at least in our area we will be losing 15 to 20 feet of existing lawn pushing the traffic both auto and foot that much closer to our front door, her comment was “you can do what you want to the property line”. I will say that she is a typical engineer everything on paper in black and white always works. I really believe she thinks all the traffic noise and vibrations (it rattles the dishes on the shelves some nights now) stops at the “property lines”. You and I both know this will increase as the road gets closer to our front door.

The town can build their “seven million dollar mile” but “Nothing” is going to change on Shrewsbury Street until they fix Main Street getting the traffic to flow a lot better there first. The town’s people were sold a bill of goods on that project that hasn’t worked so why should we believe the Shrewsbury Street project will be any different.

I’ve been around long enough to know (maybe not in your mind) that this meeting was a “dog and pony show” as the town is going to do as they want and the residents suffering the consequences will just have to do just that.

Eric Fasshauer - 1/22/19

Plan 1 - Add a merge lane sign where it changes from two to one lane.
Plan 2 - 5 - none
Plan 6 - Change 10-ft path to 5-ft, and remove the buffer (grass strip) due to maintenance concerns.
Plan 7 - Would the Town replace the trees that are proposed to be removed? Same as Plan 6, make path 5-ft remove grass buffer and shift roadway layout northward. This can help keep trees on south side. We don't see enough foot traffic to warrant a 10-ft path.
Plan 8 - Remove traffic Islands. Make it a traffic signal intersection. Add a right turn only lane into Doyle. Provide two lanes from Doyle to Shrewsbury to have a turn lane for school's driveway. Evaluate the movement of traffic in each lane to provide the right amount of time for the busiest lane. There is a lot less traffic going/coming into MtView Dr. Widen this intersection.

Plan 9, 10 - none
Plan 11 - I don't believe the two T-intersections will help improve safety. I think it would increase rear -end accidents. People may forget to turn on the blinker after driving through the first T. Improve the visibility along the existing intersection.

In general, if underground utilities could be done, it will be a great thing.

Emily Lizano - 1/26/19

Good Afternoon,
I would like to express my concerns regarding the proposed plans for Shrewsbury Street and Doyle Road. I feel the size and scope of what is being proposed is much too great. Holden is a small town and that is what gives it it's charm. This would be lost with the magnitude of what is being proposed. I do not think widening the road to allow for sidewalks on both sides, as well as bike lanes is necessary. I live on Shrewsbury street and I have very rarely seen bike traffic. Aside from the size/width of the road taking away from the small town feel, I am mostly concerned with the speed at which cars travel. I, along with many others, live on this road with young children and pets. Cars drive fast as it is. Widening the road would invite increased traffic and speed that would be worrisome and potentially dangerous to the residents of Shrewsbury Street.
The proposed intersection at Shrewsbury and Chapel also seems extremely large. I would argue that simply modifying the road to allow turn only lanes along with lights with turn only signals would assist with the flow of traffic greatly. This would also help with the traffic at Doyle road, as much of the traffic gets backed up because it does not move through the intersection at Chapel and Shrewsbury Streets quickly enough. A rotary is not going to solve that problem, yet it will add faster moving traffic, without the benefit of a stoplight in front of the Middle School, where kids cross several times a day.
I have been very happy living in Holden and do not want to see it expand and lose it's small town feel. It seems as though there are many people that have expressed similar concerns regarding this proposal. I am hopeful that the town officials working on this project listen to the concerns of the residents.

Steven Crain - 1/31/19

Good afternoon Isabel,

We met at the end of the meeting for the Shrewsbury/ Doyle St. project. I want to thank you again for all your efforts in trying to improve the transportation infrastructure for this section of town. I think the project will have a positive effect and you can count on me as being a supporter.

I have some experience with the public sector. I’ve recently moved to Holden from Millbury were I was an elected official (selectman) Also, I’ve worked for MassDOT for the past 25 years. I live at 49 Brattle St. So at the meeting, when a concerned citizen said that the property at Doyle and Brattle would be worthless, he was talking about my property.

Has anyone or is there a contact person organizing a support group? Please let me know.

Tracy Acito - 2/27/19

I think the most impact to the increasing traffic could be made at the worst bottle neck - the intersection of Main St and Shrewsbury St. The proposed changes vary in their potential and will be addressing the effects but not one of the root the causes of traffic on Shrewsbury St.

Laura Caswell - 5/3/19

It may be a little late to add a comment about these plans but here
goes. I agree with the comment about the bank entrance off of Shrewbury St.
It gums up the works as you turn from Main St to Shrewsbury St and then you
have the entrance to the plaza on the other side. Can either of those
entrances be moved or adjusted? It would help if people could enter the bank
from Main St instead of having to turn onto Shrewsbury St. And I know traffic
would back up on Main, but maybe something can be done? And the same with
traffic going into Dunkin Donuts? Again, no left turn from Main into the
plaza. I live on South Wachusett, just past the pond heading towards
Holden/Chapel streets. I have a dickens of a time not getting rear-ended as I
slow down to make the right hand turn into my street; once everyone gets past
the plaza, they start to speed up to get up the hill. I don't put my blinker
on until I am past the plaza or everyone behind me thinks I am turning there
and tries to pass me on the left. I also have a dickens of a time taking a
left out of my street. Especially in the mornings as everyone is headed out
of town. The way the road dips and turns and the hut for the boom, no onecan
really see any of us trying to pull out onto Shrewsbury St as they come down
from Main St. I know the hut is protected, but anything you can do about the
sight lines would be appreciated. Thanks.

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Bruce Keddy - 5/16/19

I attended the meeting on Wednesday the 8th of May and I still feel that the
sidewalks on the south side of Shrewsbury St, the bike lane are totally
unnecessary. is
If there needs to be better traffic flow there is new Scalable Urban Traffic
Control (SURTRAC) system, implemented in Pittsburgh in 2012, uses real time
traffic volume to determine whether lights should go green or red. It has
also cuts the waiting time at intersections by 40%. I think that this
system along with intersection enhancements should be implemented.
I don't think the roundabout at Doyle and Shrewsbury St is a solution.

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