<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:garamond,serif;font-size:large">We took over two sections of Route 5 (Pleasant Street) in Northampton from MassDOT to allow us to add on-street parking and an aggressive complete streets treatment. It was a multi-year process since we asked MassDOT to design and install a roundabout at the gateway to this road before we took it over.</div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div></div><div></div><span><span><span><img src="http://www.northamptonma.gov/ImageRepository/Document?documentID=8538" width="96" height="48"><br><span></span><span></span>Wayne Feiden, FAICP, </span><span>Director Planning & Sustainability<br></span></span>City of Northampton<br>210 Main St, City Hall, Northampton, MA 01060<div>(413) 587-1265<br><a href="http://www.NorthamptonMA.gov/plan" target="_blank">www.NorthamptonMA.gov/PLAN </a></div></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br><input name="virtru-metadata" type="hidden" value="{"email-policy":{"state":"closed","expirationUnit":"days","disableCopyPaste":false,"disablePrint":false,"disableForwarding":false,"enableNoauth":false,"persistentProtection":false,"expandedWatermarking":false,"expires":false,"isManaged":false},"attachments":{},"compose-id":"11","compose-window":{"secure":false}}"></div><br><div class="gmail_quote" style=""><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Sep 7, 2021 at 10:45 AM Paul Dell'Aquila via MassPlanners <<a href="mailto:massplanners@masscptc.org">massplanners@masscptc.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>Good morning, Mass Planners -</div><div>Have any communities out there been able to take over control of a state road going through a downtown/town center? The Upton Police Chief mentioned this possibility to the Economic Development Committee recently and they have asked me to see if there are any examples of this occurring. <br></div><div>Thanks in advance,</div><div>Paul Dell'Aquila, AICP<br></div><div>Upton Town Planner/Economic Development Coordinator<br></div></div>
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