Maynard roadway crash surge prompts intersection audits
Maynard roadway crash surge reaches 21 percent, prompting grant push. The Roadway Safety and Safe Streets Task Force documented 58 crashes through May compared to 48 in 2025, a 21 percent increase. The task force is pursuing a Shared Streets Grant from the Massachusetts Department of Transportation
Roadway Safety and Safe Streets Task Force · Meeting of May 28, 2026
Maynard roadway crash surge reaches 21 percent, prompting grant push. The Roadway Safety and Safe Streets Task Force documented 58 crashes through May compared to 48 in 2025, a 21 percent increase. The task force is pursuing a Shared Streets Grant from the Massachusetts Department of Transportation with an August 7 deadline to improve pedestrian safety at Main and Walnut streets.
Thirty percent of the town's injury crashes from 2023 through 2026 occurred under dark or dusk lighting conditions.
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Source: the Roadway Safety and Safe Streets Task Force meeting of May 28, 2026, compiled from the official minutes.
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