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<br /> 875 Beth Bronson: Because, yeah, going 65 in a 45 is not as common as going 65 in a 55. There's obviously not
<br /> 876 much you can do about that, but I think that, again, this letter to the DOT would go a long way
<br /> 877 during the beginning of this process to bring into that consideration.
<br /> 878
<br /> 879 Josh Reinke: Yeah, I can do that, and I'll even throw this out there is I'm sure staff knows this, but DOT does
<br /> 880 have funds for spot safety studies, so if you feel there is an intersection—and this would not be a
<br /> 881 developer, this would be municipalities, counties, stuff like that, say here's a concern of ours. We
<br /> 882 know you have a pot of money. And they do a ranking system of how that ranks compared to
<br /> 883 other ones that are requesting that, but that is something, if there are intersections around there
<br /> 884 that you say they're an issue,and that's what we're hearing is they're an issue. It's not because of
<br /> 885 this development, it's they're already an issue, is there are mechanisms where it can increase the
<br /> 886 chances because there aren't anything on the TIP plans for improvements at those, but it could be
<br /> 887 saying, hey,we have these safety concerns, and we as a community are putting that out there
<br /> 888 and—
<br /> 889
<br /> 890 Beth Bronson: I think that's exactly right.
<br /> 891
<br /> 892 Josh Reinke: So just throwing that out as a recommendation also is that is another way to possibly improve
<br /> 893 safety around there. If—
<br /> 894
<br /> 895 Beth Bronson: You took the words right out of my mouth as far as wanting to offer an additional condition to this.
<br /> 896 And I think, again, because of the spot study—
<br /> 897
<br /> 898 Josh Reinke: Well, now, that we can't do—
<br /> 899
<br /> 900 Beth Bronson: —funding.
<br /> 901
<br /> 902 Josh Reinke: —we can't do anything with that. That would be municipality, county,those sort of things—
<br /> 903
<br /> 904 Beth Bronson: No, no, no, but just writing the letter, a condition to write,to include the letter to DOT in this
<br /> 905 process. I think that would be something that I might propose as far as to meet the
<br /> 906 accommodations of, or to meet the concerns and the—
<br /> 907
<br /> 908 Josh Reinke: Right, safety concerns and requesting-
<br /> 909
<br /> 910 Beth Bronson: —in the capacity that we can, right
<br /> 911
<br /> 912 Josh Reinke: Yeah.
<br /> 913
<br /> 914 Beth Bronson: As the planning board and as the developer,as the applicant, I think that that's this right now is
<br /> 915 what I can think of. But I think including DOT but also to the MPO that that's something that they
<br /> 916 can focus on because, again,there is no planned improvements on that intersection over the next
<br /> 917 10 years. This would go a long way to getting visibility of this area. And I think that as the
<br /> 918 applicant, I think that's a great move.
<br /> 919
<br /> 920 Josh Reinke: And once again, the letter, I want to be clear, is it can address, generally, there's safety concerns,
<br /> 921 crash history,with the speed-limit reduction. It's not going to dive into this intersection or anything
<br /> 922 like that.
<br /> 923
<br /> 924 Beth Bronson: No, no, no,just the—
<br /> 925
<br /> 926 Josh Reinke: It's just generally.
<br /> 927
<br /> 928 Beth Bronson: —just the speed limit right in front of the—
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