Weston traffic panel votes to remove Town Center sign and parking space

WESTON -- November 20, 2024, Weston traffic committee clears Town Center sign and parking changes, presses Route 117 redesign. The Traffic and Sidewalk Committee voted unanimously Nov. 20 to recommend the Select Board permanently remove a bagged pedestrian-crossing sign on the westbound Boston Post Road approach to the four-way stop, and eliminate a parking space east of Center Street that blocks crosswalk and Center Street sight lines. The panel also pushed back on Howard Stein Hudson's revised Route 117/Merriam/Lincoln concept, with member Linda Nelson warning that a proposed grooved-concrete truck apron would catch cyclists' wheels and "set the town up for liability." Chair Jay Doyle questioned the use of sharrows and a rectangular rapid flashing beacon on the 40 mph road. Public Works engineer Jason said the project needs a May Town Meeting warrant article to fund design. Boston Post Road speed-board data showed outliers as high as 56 mph in a 30 mph zone.