W3NA I-91 Subcommittee Minutes April 24, 2009

The Ward three neighborhood association’s I-91 subcommittee met on Friday April 24, 2009 at 8 am.

Present were Frank Werbinski Bob Reckman, Christine Cahillance , Marianne McKim , and Joanne Mackiewicz.

First item on the agenda was an update of the traffic study for the Exit 19 area, it was noted that no new information was available at this time. Bob Reckman agreed to ask Rich Massey of Mass Highway for a monthly progress statement regarding the progress of the project. Bob also agreed to find out if a contract has been signed between Mass Highway and Trans Systems for the traffic study. It was also mentioned that it will be important for neighborhood input, that a meeting of the Advisory committee and Mass Highway take place before the engineering firm conducts the traffic counts.

Marianne McKim reported on a recent meeting of the newly formed Traffic Calming committee for ward 3A. There is a question of whether the City or State is responsible for installing any traffic calming devices along Bridge Street. Marianne will call the Traffic Engineer at BPW to discuss this issue. Items such as speed limit monitors, trees, and sidewalks were discussed. The Traffic Calming committee will be meeting again to discuss these items.

Regarding the Damon Road Project, there were no updates. Frank Werbinski will review the plans at BPW.

The committee discussed the schedule for the next meeting of this committee, and decided that it would be Friday June 26th, unless new or urgent information is identified, then the committee will meet on Friday May 22nd. Frank will send out reminders of the schedule.

Frank J. Werbinski




ADDENDUM TO APRIL 24, 2009 I-91 COMMITTEE MINUTES

APRIL 29, 2009

An update was received by Bob Reckman on April 29, 2009 information from Mass Highway. His email stated: “I talked to Rich Massey of Mass Highway yesterday. He told me that they are still waiting on the state side of the funding to be approved. Trans Systems is their contractor of choice, but they have not yet been hired. I would be surprised if the next meeting of the advisory committee happens before the middle of the summer. It could even be after Labor Day.”