“I think we have failed in our responsibility to make sure that we’re doing what is not only in Master Plan but is also the appropriate thing to do for a densely populated neighborhood,”
-- Selectboard Chair Sean Stanton
In his letter to the editor, Stephen Donaldson writes: "I do not believe that people who have, for years, habitually sped on Taconic, East, West, Hollenbeck or other streets, will be deterred from doing it again if they are issued with a slap on the wrist (a warning)."
"After hearing about the 8-year-old boy in Adams who was stuck and killed in a 35 mph zone this week, it really drives home just how much difference a little bit of speed can make when it comes to hitting a child or pedestrian. Most of the cars racing by my house right now are going really, really fast.”
-- Dana Coleman of Great Barrington, who lives on Taconic Avenue
