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<br /> 824 that are anecdotal but that are factual, right, is that the lower number versus the high,the upper
<br /> 825 limit that you might be able to you have for your traffic study. And while a TIA is not required, it
<br /> 826 would absolutely behoove DOT to review that failing intersection and/or the surrounding areas
<br /> 827 because of the blind spots, because of the speed zones, and the difference of 45 and 55 is
<br /> 828 significant.
<br /> 829
<br /> 830 Josh Reinke: Yeah.
<br /> 831
<br /> 832 Beth Bronson: Because, yeah, going 65 in a 45 is not as common as going 65 in a 55. There's obviously not
<br /> 833 much you can do about that, but I think that, again, this letter to the DOT would go a long way
<br /> 834 during the beginning of this process to bring into that consideration.
<br /> 835
<br /> 836 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 /> 837 have funds for spot safety studies, so if you feel there is an intersection,and this would not be a
<br /> 838 developer, this would be municipalities, counties, stuff like that, say here's a concern of ours. We
<br /> 839 know you have a pot of money. And they do a ranking system of how that ranks compared to
<br /> 840 other ones that are requesting that, but that is something, if there are intersections around there
<br /> 841 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 /> 842 this development, it's they're already an issue, is there are mechanisms where it can increase the
<br /> 843 chances because there isn't anything on the TIP plans for improvements at those, but it could be
<br /> 844 saying, hey,we have these safety concerns, and we as a community are putting that out there.
<br /> 845
<br /> 846 Beth Bronson: I think that's exactly right.
<br /> 847
<br /> 848 Josh Reinke: So just throwing that out as a recommendation also is that is another way to possibly improve
<br /> 849 safety around there.
<br /> 850
<br /> 851 Beth Bronson: You took the words right out of my mouth as far as wanting to offer an additional condition to this.
<br /> 852 And I think, again, because of the spot study funding.
<br /> 853
<br /> 854 Josh Reinke: Well, now,we can't do anything with that. That would be municipality, county,those sorts of
<br /> 855 things.
<br /> 856
<br /> 857 Beth Bronson: No, no, no, but just writing the letter, a condition to write, to include the letter to DOT in this
<br /> 858 process. I think that would be something that I might propose as far as to meet the
<br /> 859 accommodations of, or to meet the concerns in the capacity that we can, right?
<br /> 860
<br /> 861 Josh Reinke: Right, safety concerns.
<br /> 862
<br /> 863 Beth Bronson: As the planning board and as the developer,as the applicant, I think that that's this right now is
<br /> 864 what I can think of. But I think including DOT but also to the MPO that that's something that they
<br /> 865 can focus on because, again,there is no planned improvements on that intersection over the next
<br /> 866 10 years. This would go a long way to getting visibility of this area. And I think that as the
<br /> 867 applicant, I think that's a great move.
<br /> 868
<br /> 869 Josh Reinke: And once again, the letter, I want to be clear, is it can address, generally,there's safety concerns,
<br /> 870 crash history,with the speed-limit reduction. It's not going to dive into this intersection or anything
<br /> 871 like that. It's just generally.
<br /> 872
<br /> 873 Beth Bronson: No, no, no,just the just the speed limit right in front of the ingress,egress. That's what I'm asking.
<br /> 874
<br /> 875 Josh Reinke: Well, and it would probably be, to be honest, it would probably be bringing it into town. Once you
<br /> 876 start to slow it down, keep it going because you have people accessing the school. We heard that
<br /> 877 last time is here's where they cut across to get there, and then you're close to downtown. And you
<br /> 878 probably do want to just keep it slower throughout there.
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