SWAMPSCOTT — The town will be hosting a Stetson Avenue/Franklin Street Neighborhood Meeting on Aug. 13 at 6:30 p.m. at the Senior Center to discuss issues regarding traffic in the area.
Community members are encouraged to head down to 200R Essex Street (located behind Swampscott High School) to join in the conversation with town officials Interim Town Administrator and Director of the Department of Public Works (DPW) Gino Cresta, Police Officer Kevin Reen, and Community and Economic Development Director Marzie Galazka.
“These last several years, there’s been numerous complaints regarding speeding on Stetson Avenue,” Cresta said. “We’ve had speed bumps on the roadway for the past two years to try and slow the speeding down. … That seems to have helped, but some residents have complained about trucks and large vehicles making noise as they go over the speed bumps.”
Cresta continued, saying that the meeting will aim to come up with a good solution to the matter and meet with residents to get their feedback on the overall issue, while also trying to determine possible next steps to be taken.
Reen echoed that point. He added that the meeting will be an opportunity for residents to come forward with any thoughts or suggestions or complaints “so we can help come up with a plan to resolve the majority of these issues with the resources that we can provide.”
He said that it will be a mission to determine the current traffic challenges in the neighborhood.
“Another element that we’re also going to be discussing with the people in the area is a program we have, called our Safe Routes Campaign,” Reen said. “It’s something that the School Resource Officer Brian Wilson and myself have been working on to help the school system with any children who will be walking to the elementary or middle school in the area.
“We’ll be introducing that as well, so that people have safe walking routes to school, and so we can help mitigate any issues that residents have with traffic in that area,” Reen said.
