City of Somerville, Massachusetts - File #: 209944

• File #: 209944
• Version: 1
• Type: Order
• Status: Approved
• File created: 3/24/2020
• In control: City Council
• On agenda: 3/26/2020
• Final action: 4/7/2020
• Enactment date: 3/26/2020
• Enactment #: 209944
• Title: That the Director of SPCD, the Commissioner of Public Works, and the Director of Parks and Recreation consider turning some or all Neighborways into modified pedestrian-only areas (allowing cars only for residents and their essential visitors), to relieve the current congestion on the Community Path and some sidewalks.
• Sponsors: Mark Niedergang, Ben Ewen-Campen, Jefferson Thomas ("J.T.") Scott, Mary Jo Rossetti, Katjana Ballantyne, Lance L. Davis, Stephanie Hirsch, William A. White Jr., Jesse Clingan

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
4/7/2020	4	City Council	Work completed
3/30/2020	3	Public Health and Public Safety Committee	Work completed
3/26/2020	2	City Council	Approved

  Agenda Text

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That the Director of SPCD, the Commissioner of Public Works, and the Director of Parks and Recreation consider turning some or all Neighborways into modified pedestrian-only areas (allowing cars only for residents and their essential visitors), to relieve the current congestion on the Community Path and some sidewalks.

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Official Text

That the Executive Director of the Office of Strategic Planning and Community Development (Mobility), the Commissioner of Public Works, and the Director of Parks and Recreation explore the possibility of turning some or all Neighborways into modified pedestrian only areas with no through motor vehicle traffic, with exceptions of course for residents of those streets and their essential visitors, in order to relieve the congestion and close quarters currently experienced during good weather on the Community Path and some sidewalks.