Traffic commission approves multiple parking and signage changes; several items moved to public hearing

The Revere City Traffic Commission on May 21 approved several modest updates to parking and traffic controls across the city and sent a number of items to public hearing for further neighborhood input.

Among the items approved at the meeting were housekeeping amendments to Title 10 of the municipal code intended to clarify ambiguous parking language, the addition of a handicap space at 54 Carlson Avenue to accommodate a resident with ambulatory issues, and multiple stop-sign and one-way-street designations meant to address local safety and traffic-calming concerns.

Councilor Paul Aenzio said he circulated flyers and received positive feedback for the proposed one-way conversions (Genese Street northbound and Furnace Street southbound). Commissioners also approved stop signs at Walnut Place (westbound at Sumar) and at Overlook Drive (eastbound at Campbell) after residents and sponsors described sightline and speed issues.

Several items were moved to public hearing for more detailed community input or ordinance codification. The commission voted to send to public hearing: the proposed handicap parking addition at 77 Reservoir Avenue, a no-parking segment on Enzy/Venson Street (Halman to Sullivan), multiple Centennial Avenue stop-sign proposals, the Shirley/Thornton and Chile/Nahant stop-sign entries currently existing in the field but not codified, and resident-sticker parking proposals for Prospect and Reservoir avenues.

Votes at a glance:
- Public Hearing Item 1 (Title 10 clarifying amendments): approved.
- Public Hearing Item 2 (Add handicap parking, 54 Carlson Ave): approved.
- Public Hearing Item 3 (River Street no-parking trial): approved (see separate story).
- Items 4 & 5 (Genese/Furnace one-way designations): approved.
- Item 6 (Walnut Place stop sign): approved.
- Item 7 (Overlook Drive stop sign): approved.
- Item 8 (Remove handicap parking, 54 Eastern Ave): approved.
- Agenda Item 1 (Add handicap parking, 77 Reservoir Ave): moved to public hearing.
- Agenda Item 3 (No parking: Enzy/Venson segment): moved to public hearing.
- Items 5 & 6 (Centennial stop signs / traffic calming): moved to public hearing.
- Item 7 (Garfield/Centennial/Shirley stop-sign change): tabled for field review.
- Item 8 (Shirley eastbound at Thornton): moved to public hearing.
- Item 9 (Chile eastbound at Nahant): moved to public hearing.
- Items 10 & 11 (Resident-sticker parking, Prospect and Reservoir avenues): moved to public hearing.

The meeting concluded after commissioners approved the motions and set follow-up items for staff. Several votes were recorded in the meeting without a full roll-call tally appearing in the transcript.