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- HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT <br /> 4. <br /> TO F M S E <br /> � r <br /> q*TEFF R. J ./ BSO + <br /> wPERINTENDENT OF STREEM <br /> To: Joseph Murphy, Executive Secretary <br /> FROM: Walter R. Jacobson, Superintendent of Streets <br /> DATE: June 17, 1981 <br /> SUBJECT: CENTAL ROAD (lour Memorandum June 6, 1981 . <br /> == Ire- regard to the layout of Central Road, District #7 <br /> ... dOffice, Massachusetts Department of Public Works s dv s s that. this <br /> -_ V. .:_ project is high on their list but must await its tura due to limit- <br /> ? ed capabilities vis-a-vis competing priorities. I have been trying, <br /> �L4albeit unsuccessfully, to made face-to'-face contact with Mr. Al <br /> umm , District Highway Engineer neer to lobby our case. I will conti- <br /> nue <br /> onti- <br /> nu this effort.k <br /> As to the complaint about the shoal der +l i nes, it i <br /> my opinion that they are more necessary on a narrow road such as <br /> Central Road than on a wider road such ars Route 151. During periods. <br /> of limited r poor visability they clearly define the edge of the: <br /> roadway pavement. This is particularly important on a narrow road <br /> that has little or no shoulder. The complaint,, as I understand it, <br /> that the edgel i ne compels one to drive toward the center of the <br /> road. If logic is applied to the reasoning, the centerline should <br /> force one to drive toward the edge of the road with a net result <br /> that one would drive between the lines where the vehicle is supposed <br /> to travel . I would lie to quote in part from Section 3B-6 of the <br /> Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices prepared under the auspices <br /> of the USD T, that, "Pavement edge line mar in provide an edge of <br /> pavement guide for drivers. They have a unique value (emphasis <br /> added) as a visual reference for the guidance of drivers during ad- <br /> verse weather and v i abi l i ter conditions. . . . .#' I believe the impor- <br /> tant thing here is that they are a guide rather than some control <br /> device. They are intended to assist the operator. I arra of the <br /> opinion, that if people were surveyed, you would find that avast <br /> majority would prefer the edge lines than those that oppose it, <br /> k <br /> J:hh <br /> �r <br />