Foxborough Residents Sound Off on Safety Issues

Foxborough, MA - Summer’s nearly here, and with each walk in the park, day at the pool and backyard BBQ comes the risk of snakebites, drowning and fires, but don’t worry! There’s no reason to stay cooped up inside all season.

Patch put together a list of summer safety tips to keep you safe and having fun while the weather’s warm. Make sure to give snakes their distance and always swim with a buddy to stay carefree during the dog days.

Keeping these tips in mind, there are other possible dangers that affect Foxborough residents year round.

We asked Patch readers what they thought the biggest safety issues were in their town. Here’s a list of the most pressing problems, from break-ins to traffic jams:

• "Central Street and 140 hands down. This may sound stupid but some days I have full on anxiety pulling out on 140!"

• "Route 140 and Cross Street! Cars and trucks zooming down the hill while an elementary school bus tries to make left turns onto Cross, which isn't big enough to fit a car and bus because of trees and boulders."

• "Commercial and central street intersection. Maybe if there's enough comments about this dangerous intersection on this post, it can be presented to the town committee and something could be done?"

• "Oak Street, speeding, lack of crosswalks, bike lanes that were planned but mysteriously disappeared when striping, cars passing on incorrect side of road"

• "Drunk drivers leaving Patriots Place and driving erratically down Route 1 in both directions."

• "140 and lack of sidewalks in a lot of main roads around town"

• "Hands down, the biggest safety issue is people driving while on their phones! Then I agree with most that 140 is super dangerous."

• "Lights on 140 especially near Walnut Street. Plus more sidewalks around parts of town, like the end of South St. and Green/Cedar St."

• "Central and Walnut at 140. There needs to be a light at some point on that stretch to break up the traffic flow and allow for gaps."

• "East Street on the Mansfield Line by Windsor Drive. No sidewalks and speeding. Son almost got hit crossing for the bus!"

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