[MassHistPres] Keeping Village Roads Narrow?

[Suzanne W Pelton]

Lenox is poised for a road improvement project in 2010 to:  
reconstruct existing surface, improve the shoulders for bicycle  
lanes, rebuild the sidewalk, and provide drainage and sewer  
improvements on a 2-lane minor highway (known in Highway Department- 
land as "Other Through Highway.") The road is to be widened to  
accommodate bike traffic though one doesn't see much of that on this  
rather steep hill. residents were given a choice of widening the  
sidewalk or widening the road, neither option being desired.

The Lenox HC wonders if there are communities who have succeeding in  
preserving their narrow historic roads rather than widen for bike  
paths (and more traffic?) The road is not heavily trafficked except  
following Tanglewood concerts, maybe 30 times in the season. We are  
concerned that the paring away of parkway will change the character  
of the road leading into our historic village.

Suzanne Pelton
Lenox HC
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