The Andover Select Board will once again consider lowering the speed limit on Lovejoy Road to 25 from 40 MPH when it meets Monday night.
The select board discussed the issue on Sept. 30 but postponed a vote until a future meeting.
The road, which has a speed limit of 40 MPH, cuts through a densely-populated neighborhood and past Sanborn Elementary School. Drivers often use it as a cut through to and from Dascomb Road when Interstate 93 is backed up.
If the select board approves the lower limit, the Town would need to petition the Massachusetts Department of Transportation to make the change. Lovejoy is among 29 roads in thickly settled districts with special speed regulations on file with MassDOT that supersede local regulations. A complete list of the 29 streets with special speed regulations is available on the Town’s Website.
Lovejoy Road was not on the list of 40 roads in Andover subjected to the new town-wide speed limit when it was passed last year. Officials worried reducing the speed limit would create a new issue: the road’s existing layout would not “encourage speeds of 25 MPH.”