UPDATED: Residents Concerned That 'Northgate Sidewalks Not Plowed'
Residents of the Northgate Road neighborhood are concerned that some of the roads still have unplowed sidewalks.
As of 2 p.m. on Monday, Northgate's sidewalks were not plowed. For some residents, they say this is a concern because students walk to and from the Proctor School using that route. "Are they expected to walk on Northgate, literally...on the street?" wrote one Northgate resident in an email to Patch. "That poses great risk to them, since folks use it as a cut-through between Route 135 and Otis Street, to get to Route 9 or the new shopping center. Middle schoolers have bus stops on Northgate. They would have to walk in the street. It is disconcerting to me. The chances of a child being hit by a car is compounded when sidewalks are inaccessible." Maria Mihalek, who also lives in the neighborhood, was so concerned that she snapped photos (…
Craig
3:48 pm on Monday, February 11, 2013
I run Northgate, Rt135 and Davis St daily. On my afternoon run on Sunday, none of the sidewalks on those three streets were cleared. I noted to myself this was probably due to a likely school cancellation for Monday. Now I assume the town was trying to limit overtime spending on Sunday after the storm? As a side note, I notice chronic excessive speed on those three roads daily. more ›