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This area along High Street is public land. This safety issue arises every year. After listening to the director of public works voice his concern about safety at town meeting when he was asking for funding for a new truck for winter, why isn't safety ALWAYS a concern?

It seems that safety concerns don't wholeheartedly extend to pedestrians. Sidewalks, whether in need of repair, overgrown by brush, or blocked by cars, are routinely left unchecked unless complained about by the pedestrians trying to use them. A good percent of complaints on this board are from predestrians just trying to use public sidewalks.

The town officials who ignore this are just mocking the citizens, and the citizens who block the public sidewalks are just mocking the police.
Cars are again lining up on the sidewalk in front of St. Patrick's Church and are not being ticketed. Again, someone will have to take the time to complain about it, not because the police aren't aware, but because that's what it takes to get them to act.

People know that the police are very unlikely to stop and ticket a vehicle on the sidewalk unless somebody has specifically complained about it. If I were a police officer and saw a car parked in the middle of the sidewalk I would take that very personally.

That being said, there is something seriously wrong with a driver who would leave his car in the middle of the sidewalk. They are denying access to a public walkway to every other citizen in town.

If you have trees or brush that block a sidewalk, cut them back. if your Dept tore up a sidewalk during construction, get it fixed. And if you still feel that you are privileged to park in the middle of the sidewalk, I hope the police do the right thing and ticket or tow you.

Every citizen in town pays good money for the sidewalks and should have safe access to them.

Thank You to the Stoneham DPW. The complete are has been cleaned on High Street along the Bear Hill Golf Course. Nice job :-)

Every year the Town hires a contractor to remove brush from Town roads. Contractor was scheduled this week and performed this work on August 10th.