On the Agenda: Parking at Coes Pond, New Bus Stops, Yellow Lights

WORCESTER, MA—The Traffic and Parking Committee meeting, open to the public, tackles an agenda that includes cutting Mill Street down to one lane in an area to allow for Coes Parking. The agenda also dresses multiple requests for bus stops, as well as blinking yellow lights, and requests to convert streets into one-ways.

The meeting takes place on Wednesday Oct. 5, at 5:30 p.m. at City Hall.

Here's the agenda:

1 . Handicap Parking Petitions
Kimberly Shea request installation of a handicap parking space in Wachusett St. at a
point 20' south of Dix St.
# 9cc CC July 19, 2016
a.
Kimberly Shea request removal of handicap parking space on the Dix St. side of 6
Wachusett St.
# 9dd CC July 19, 2016
b.
Debra Karasek request the handicap parking space in front of 249 Shrewsbury St. be
removed.
# 9y CC July 19, 2016
c.
Pauline Desrosiers request removal of the handicap parking space at the corner of Camp
St. and Cambridge St.
# 9w CC July 19, 2016
d.
Noelle Dowd request installation of a handicap parking space on the easterly side of
Rugby St. at the raised paved area opposite the apartment building at 3 to 5 Rugby St.
# 8e CC June 28, 2016
e.
Leon Shaw request installation of a handicap parking space in front of 3 Perry Ave.
# 8d CC June 28, 2016
f.
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Jacob Santiago request installation of a handicap parking space in front of 19 Seymour
St.
# 8e CC June 14, 2016
g.
In Committee July 28, 2016 - Held
Carmen Perez request installation of a handicap parking space in front of 94 Granite St.
# 7f CC May 03, 2016
h.
In Committee July 28, 2016 - Held
Rogelio Olmeda request installation of a handicap parking space in front of 25 Paine St.
# 8m CC April 26, 2016
i.
In Committee July 28, 2016 - Held
Kimberly and Gentian Cake request installation of a handicap parking space in front of
136 Maywood St.
# 8q CC April 26, 2016
j.
In Committee July 28, 2016 - Held
2 . Parking and Parking Meter Petitions
Councilor Gary Rosen and Councilor Frederick C. Rushton request installation of
on-street parking spaces adjacent to Coes Pond Beach by re-striping that area's portion of
Mill St. so that only the present left lane is used for traffic while the right lane is used for
parking.
# 8i CC May 19, 2015
a.
Richard Polek request cars be allowed to park on the left hand side of Richland St. after
2:30 PM
# 8aa CC July 21, 2015
b.
3 . Bus Stop Petitions
Jonathan Church, Administrator of the Worcester Regional Transit Authority, request
installation of a bus stop, outbound, on the west side of Tobias Bolland Way, 20' north of
telephone pole #7.
# 8h CC June 28, 2016
a.
Jonathan Church, Administrator of the Worcester Regional Transit Authority, request
installation of a bus stop, inbound, on the north side of Franklin St., 31' east from the
eastern edge of the crosswalk at the intersection of Franklin St. and Harding St., across
from light pole #29.
# 8g CC June 28, 2016
b.
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4 . Crosswalk and Lighted Crosswalk System Petitions
Lucinda Larochelle request blinking yellow crossing light at crosswalk on Main St. by
Great Pond Rd.
# 8ff CC July 21, 2015
a.
Lucinda Larochelle request blinking yellow crossing light at crosswalk on Pleasant St. at
crosswalk near Prouty Ln.
# 8gg CC July 21, 2015
b.
Councilor Tony Economou request installation of crosswalk lights in Salisbury St. and
Monadnock Rd., in the interest of public safety.
# 17e CC April 14, 2015
c.
5 . No Parking Petitions
Philip Massad request No Parking signs be installed at the corner of Grand St. and
Illinois St.
# 8x CC July 21, 2015
a.
Robert Keller request No Parking signs be installed in Fiske St at corners with Chandler
St.
# 8h CC June 30, 2015
b.
Bonnie Gibbs, Director of Resident Services Autumn Woods request replacement of No
Parking Anytime signs along both sides of Upland Gardens Drive.
# 8f CC June 30, 2015
c.
6 . One Way Street Reconfiguration Petitions
Michele Bouffard et al request to make Acton St. one way from Houghton St. to Grafton
St.
# 10i CC November 24, 2015
a.
I.B. Sokari on behalf of John Street Baptist Church and the neighborhood request John
St be made one way from West St. easterly to North Ashland St. which is consistent with
the rest of John St.
# 8h CC May 08, 2012
b.
In Committee March 25, 2015 - Held

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