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Saturday, April 08, 2017

Berlin Council To Consider Truck Ban On Baker Street

BERLIN – The Berlin Town Council is expected to consider prohibiting truck traffic on Baker Street in an effort to preserve the historic road.

According to Town Administrator Laura Allen, on Monday the council should discuss a contract to aid in road repairs as well as a resolution that would ban trucks on Baker Street.

“The agenda hasn’t been published yet but you can look for those items to be on there,” Allen said at Wednesday’s meeting of the Berlin Historic District Commission.

Allen’s comments came after Baker Street resident Suzanne Parks approached the commission to share her concerns regarding the deteriorating historic street. Parks said her street was the last one in town that still contained oyster shell cement. The historic street, however, has undergone significant wear and tear in recent years, particularly as traffic has increased with the closure of nearby Harrison Avenue. The middle portion of Harrison has been closed since June of 2016 when municipal officials refused to pay the price the Adkins Company set for the piece of road in front of the store.

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