Littleton Continues Taylor Street Truck Exclusion Hearing to December 16

LITTLETON — December 2, 2024 — Littleton Select Board continues Taylor Street truck exclusion hearing, cites need for full board vote. The three-member board — Chair Karen Morrison and members Matthew and Gary Thibert — opened and then immediately continued the public hearing to December 16 at 7 p.m., after six Taylor Street and Whitcomb Street residents appeared in uniform opposition citing bicycle safety, children near the road, late-night truck noise, and traffic displacement to roads without exclusions or sidewalks. A key procedural point reshaped the discussion: Town Administrator Ryan Ferrara confirmed that the Massachusetts DOT will not permit a temporary lifting of the exclusion, meaning any change the board approves would be permanent, with a restoration requiring a full new traffic study and application. The board also unanimously authorized a $93,500 engineering contract with Teague and Bond for rehabilitation of Frog Pond, a constructed stormwater wetland that filters roughly 22 percent of Long Lake's watershed, with construction targeted for summer 2025.