Elm Street Two-Way Conversion and Maple Street Crosswalk

At a glance

Based on auto-generated captions and the posted minutes; names and details may be misheard.

What: Robert A. Bilotta's request for a flashing beacon at Elm St. and Maple St.; the block of Elm St. is being converted to two-way.
Where it stands: beacon petition filed 3-0 on 2026-08-31; a chair's order for a crosswalk across Elm St. at Maple St. was adopted by the Council 11-0 on 2026-09-08, pending funding.
Next: later phase of work (ramps and sidewalks) for the crosswalk.

Stephen S. Rolle: the first block of Elm St. (Chestnut St. to Main St.) converts to two-way that month; a later phase extends the conversion to the next block, after traffic signal work.
The Maple St. connector will get a stop sign, which makes a crosswalk there ineligible for a beacon.
The crosswalk needs sidewalk and curb ramp changes, so it is a later phase.
Two parking areas of three to four cars on the south side of Elm St., plus a parking lane added on the left side of the Maple St. connector.

2026-07-22: the beacon petition was held 2-0 because the two-way conversion (approved by the Council the night before) was starting a design process that includes the pedestrian crossing. Robert A. Bilotta cited downtown density, a daycare and a play lawn near Elm and Maple.

About 7 minutes across 2 meetings (from transcript timestamps; approximate).

Meeting	Minutes
2026-08-31 - Traffic and Parking Committee	4
2026-07-22 - Traffic and Parking Committee	3

2026-08-31 - Traffic and Parking Committee — Beacon request filed 3-0 (stop control makes it ineligible); chair's order for an Elm St. crosswalk at Maple St. pending funding; two-way conversion explained.
2026-07-22 - Traffic and Parking Committee — Beacon petition held 2-0 pending the two-way conversion design; Bilotta wanted to get ahead of added downtown density and a nearby daycare.