Council committee keeps school crosswalk item open

Select Board · Meeting of April 2, 2026

SPRINGFIELD — A City Council committee weighed raised crosswalks near schools but took no vote. Councilor LaVar Click-Bruce chaired the Maintenance and Development Committee session, where Walk Bike Springfield's Betsy Johnson urged an ordinance directing DPW to install them. A city official said DPW will not place speed bumps on arterial streets, cited police and fire concerns, and put bump-outs with beacons at about $300,000 per location.

Councilor Michael Fenton said Springfield Street neighbors rejected every option despite a quarter of a million dollars committed. Council President Tracy Whitfield backed starting at schools. Click-Bruce kept the item in committee pending a DPW list.

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Source: the Select Board meeting of April 2, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.

Checked against the record: before publication this article was automatically compared with the meeting transcript. It was corrected where it differed.