Dear Friends,
Great news – Newton’s Traffic Council approved a 20 MPH Safety Zone around Albemarle last week. This is a first step toward safer movement for everyone in the area. THANK YOU, Friends of Albemarle, for taking action and signing the petition!
Next Monday Meeting Update: Traffic Calming at Albemarle
There’s an online meeting this Monday and we hope you all can go.
If you can’t, please review the below and reach out with your thoughts to:
You’ll reach Newton’s new Director of Transportation Josh Ostroff, who writes:
Next Monday, April 3, 2023 at 6:00 PM the City of Newton Planning Department will host an online public information meeting to share the proposed design for the Albemarle Traffic Calming project. Along with our consulting partners at Neighborways we will be presenting the proposed design for this project, along with the history and context, the timing of construction, an update on short-term and longer-term improvements to Albemarle and Crafts, and our outreach strategy for this summer to help make this important safety-focused project a success.
Following this meeting and the input we receive, we will be bringing this proposal to the Public Facilities Committee for required approvals, with the intention for it to be put out to bid and constructed in August. We are also developing a public outreach and communications plan to help ensure the success of this effort.This is a temporary installation of traffic calming devices that is funded with a state grant for this purpose. We will learn from the experience and propose more permanent measures. It’s also complemented by the signal project at Crafts and Albemarle which we will touch on in the meeting.
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Thank you everyone for your hard work and for raising your voice on this important issue. Let’s keep doing it until Albemarle is safe for walkers, cyclists, drivers and everyone else!
Friends of Albemarle 