‘X’ marks the spot of needed traffic project (Editorial)

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This is the draft design proposed to fix the “X” intersection in the Forest Park neighborhood where Sumner Avenue, Belmont Avenue and Dickinson Street converge. (City of Springfield drawing)

Details, details. A late move last week to tick off final requirements nearly derailed a Springfield street reconstruction project in the works for a decade.

Before improvements to the “X” intersection can begin in earnest next spring, the City Council needed to approve 132 land takings and easements in the Forest Park neighborhood area, all but four of them temporary. Councilors expressed frustration last week over being asked to vote right away, after getting details from the public works director…

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