Outdoors
New Pedestrian Infrastructure Advisory Panel Takes First Steps
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A committee to recommend sidewalk and other projects for pedestrians in town held its first meeting Tuesday, elected a chairman and started researching information to help walkers, cyclists and others to get around town safely and easily. Members of the new Pedestrian Infrastructure Advisory Committee (created on Monday by the Board of Selectmen) will start gathering information on sidewalks in town, proposals for fixing or extending them and other ideas (like additional crosswalks) already proposed. The nine-member panel elected Beth Harmon as its new chairman (she was the only member who offered to take on the position) as well as Ted Hawkins and Pat Morrissey as co-clerks (to keep meeting minutes at alternate meetings). The committee expects to meet on Tuesdays at 7:30 p.m. and perhaps other times as it tries to come up with recommendations for town spending. The Board of Selectmen would like a list of recommendations for where to improve or install new sidewalks or other pedestrian-friendly projects by the last quarter of 2015.