Ludlow Safety Committee tables two crosswalk requests, reorganizes leadership at January meeting

Safety Committee · Meeting of January 8, 2026

Ludlow Safety Committee elects new leadership and tables two pedestrian crosswalk requests at its January 8 meeting. Sergeant Rod Tierney was unanimously elected chair and Captain Zach Ellison was elected vice chair, reorganizing the committee at the start of the new year. The committee tabled a resident request for a crosswalk at West and Holyoke Streets, with Tierney saying the intersection "poses a bigger hazard to pedestrians" because no connecting sidewalks exist on any approach; a second request at Napoleon and Fuller Streets was also tabled pending state and school department consultations.

A guardrail request at 506 Fuller Street was converted to a recommendation for Chevron curve-warning signage, to be placed at DPW's discretion. A resident reporting speeds exceeding 60 miles per hour near Villa Rosa prompted the committee to commit to deploying temporary speed-monitoring equipment to collect traffic data before pursuing enforcement grants or permanent signage.

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Source: the Safety Committee meeting of January 8, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.