Parking Committee Appointed Fill out a Questionnaire H ancock Selectmen have appointed a Main Street Parking Committee for improving parking and safety for cars and pedestrians on Main St. Main Street is not the sleepy village of a generation ago. More cars travel and park on Main St., with demand especially strong during the morning and late afternoon rush hours. Meanwhile, school buses file through and trucks rumble by or stop to make deliveries.
Safety is a growing concern.
Snow accumulation worsens the situation in winter, with pedestrians taking to the street when drifts of snow or ice make walking paths unusable. Meanwhile, parked cars partially block traffic lanes when the already narrow parking spaces fill with snowdrifts. The alternatives are diagonal or parallel parking, resulting in fewer cars being able to park in the same area. However, U-turns are also illegal, so there will be need for a turnaround at each end of Main St. This and many other questions remain to be answered.