Board To Resume Lovejoy Speed Limit Debate
The road, which has a speed limit of 40 MPH, cuts through a densely-populated neighborhood and past Sanborn Elementary School.
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The road, which has a speed limit of 40 MPH, cuts through a densely-populated neighborhood and past Sanborn Elementary School.
Lincoln Street residents said converting the popular pass-through between Route 133 and Shawsheen Road into a one-way street caused traffic…
"Should the road network of Andover be used daily as a spill-over for the interstates I-93 and I-495?"
"Why do we still debate whether the safety of all road users can be guaranteed because it is too onerous?"
"Do 'reconstruction' projects like Route 133 encourage spillovers from the interstates because they improve the flow of vehicles through intersections?…
"The regulation that sets Lovejoy Road at a 35mph speed limit is undoubtedly obsolete."
Lovejoy Road was not on the list of 40 roads in Andover subjected to the new town-wide speed limit when…
"Rather than making spillovers from the interstates to Rte. 133 more attractive to the commuters who are (or should be)…
"It seems we're trying to fit a little bit of everything," select board member Kevin Coffey said at a hearing…
The road averages 1.2 crashes per day over just a 3.3-mile stretch.