Grodin is not giving up safer intersection effort

Charles Grodin has not given up his campaign for a safer intersection at Routes 53 and 106 in his Chestnut Hill Road neighborhood. Mr. Grodin told The Bulletin on Monday that the Police Commission has placed discussion of the matter on an agenda for an upcoming meeting.

He said he has also let Attorney General Richard Blumenthal know about the intersection, which Mr. Grodin calls dangerous and a potentially serious litigation threat if ignored by state transportation officials. Mr. Grodin said the attorney general appeared interested in checking out the intersection and the problem there.

For five years Mr. Grodin has waged a campaign for the installation of another stop sign and caution sign for motorists approaching the area. He revived his efforts again this summer, and in early September he arranged a public forum so that other neighbors and commuters could share their views on the Routes 53 and 106 intersection and other traffic trouble spots in town and later present their findings to town and state officials.