I am also a resident of this West Concord neighborhood full of many families with kids. And I, too, share these concerns. This used to be a quiet neighborhood with hardly any cars. These days, when I am out walking in the early morning, it is very concerning to see car after car speeding along using Central Street as a cut off. I agree with the suggestions above for how to address this problem, and urge that we do so before a tragedy happens.

Thank you for reporting your concern to the Town of Concord via Commonwealth Connect. We have reviewed the information you provided our staff and will be investigating this issue further. The Town of Concord staff will provide regular updates here as we work towards resolving this issue. You will be notified via email about our progress. Thank you again for helping us improve our community!

Issue has been referred to Safety Officer. he can be reached directly at jshelley@concordma.gov

Today I got an email saying "Congratulations! Your issue has been closed." This is the first response I've gotten since May, and the resolution, according to today's notice, is that it was referred to the town safety officer. There's no information about any action taken or review conducted.

In the 5 months since I posted the concern on ClickFix in April, the issue I raised has only gotten worse. One morning last week between 7:45 and 8:15 am, from my house at 273 Central, I counted 105 cars turning from the RT 62/Main St eastbound lane onto Brown St and then onto Central St, and then speeding down Central to Pine St, exceeding the speed limit and running stop signs. In the last few years, This weekday morning commute time has turned what for most of the 22 years I've lived here had been a quiet street into a noisy cut through street. Children who used to safely walk and bike to school at this hour can no longer do so without significant risk.

I raised the issue in April hoping the town would look into prohibiting cut through traffic in the morning commuting time, such as what was done for Highland St. I also hoped a police cruiser periodically could be on Central St near Brown St or a block further down Central to enforce the speed limit and be a deterrent to speeding. I have no idea what if anything was considered or done, only the disappointing note today saying "congratulation an your issue was closed."

If the safety officer to whom this issue was referred would contact me, I could provide further information. We in the neighborhood hope actions will be taken to address this problem.

Dear Betsy, We are experiencing similar issues throughout town. We will be putting a traffic counters out to get data. Please contact Inspector Jeffrey Shelley directly at jshelley@concordma.gov

Data will be posted once collected.

Traffic counter being deployed Monday 9-26-16

Please contact Inspector Jeff Shelley 978-318-3445.