Boxborough Planning Board tells consultant to cut traffic study cost to $60,000

BOXBOROUGH — April 1, 2024 — Boxborough Planning Board presses consultant to cut town-wide traffic study to fit $60,000 warrant limit. The board, meeting April 1 via Zoom with four of six members present, directed Town Planner Alec to ask the study consultant — identified in discussion as Corinne and her team — whether the firm can deliver its revised proposal within the $60,000 appropriated at Town Meeting, after an updated scope came in at $63,675. Chair Mark White framed the ask plainly: "How can they give us effectively what we're asking for but not crack the $60,000 barrier?" Absent member Cindy Markowitz submitted written comments urging the board to preserve an alternate scope adding Hill Road and Liberty Square Road intersections — an area members said has become severely congested — while trimming concept plans to find savings. The board also heard a brief public update that the town's zoning enforcement officer has identified two zoning violations at 984 Mass Ave, 996 Mass Ave, and 38 Sarah's Way, with a formal letter sent to the potential violator.