The week ahead: Comprehensive Bay Colony plan hits Traffic Commission

Location: The Cube, 400 Beaver St.

The LEPC, chaired by Fire Department Lieutenant James Perry, maintains Waltham’s emergency response plans and monitors the storage and use of hazardous chemicals.

This week, among other business, committee members will go over a tabletop LEPC exercise.

Location: Council Chambers at Waltham City Hall, 610 Main St.

Because of Indigenous Peoples’ Day/Columbus Day, the City Council will meet on Tuesday this week. 

Councilors will vote on business from last week’s committee meetings, including public hearings for restaurant chains Cava and Sweetgreen to move into a newly developed building in the Market Basket complex.

Additionally, the council will accept a series of requests from the mayor, most of which will be referred to next week’s committee meetings; these requests include new appointees to the Council on Aging, a change to election worker compensation, new information on the police and fire headquarters redesign and an additional loan to design the fire station building, a parking easement, the acceptance of state and federal grants, and a request for a new vehicle for the Cemetery Department.

Location: Waltham Recreation Department, 510 Moody St.

The Parks-Recreation Board oversees the city’s public recreational spaces and programming. 

This week, it will hear presentations from the city’s youth baseball and girls’ softball teams, discuss the future of the former Lawrence School property and consider requests for lights and historical signage at Nipper Maher Park.

Location: Council Chambers at Waltham City Hall, 610 Main St.

The Traffic Commission, composed of department heads from around the city, reviews changes to Waltham’s streets and infrastructure.

This week, in addition to the Bay Colony plan, it will discuss crosswalk improvements on Summit Street, South Street and Trapelo Road; an all-way stop at the intersection of Plympton Street and Athletic Field Road; traffic calming measures on Warren Street; approval for the November Piggy’s 5k Road Race; traffic signal improvements at the intersection of Lexington and Lake Streets; and two new disability accessible parking spaces. 

The commission will also reopen previous discussions on illegal parking on Pine Street; parking changes on Adam and Grant Streets; traffic safety studies on Wadsworth Avenue, Fuller Street, Angleside Road, Charles River Road and Washington Avenue; modifications to the city’s electric car charger regulations; and previously requested funding for traffic signal improvements.