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Advocate Archives
Race Point Roadwork, Pollution Activism & Traffic Pessimism
Oct. 11, 1934
STATE ACTION ON RACE POINT ROAD
At a meeting of the American Legion Morris-Light Post No. 71, October 4, 1934, a letter was read from Commissioner Lyman of the State Department of Public Works promising action on the Legion Post’s request for something to be done about the sharp curve on the state road just before reaching the Race Point Coast Guard Station. A white line is to be painted along the center of the road and signs will be placed at each end of the curve.
A few weeks ago, a motorcyclist was killed on this curve and several other bad accidents have occurred.
Oct. 10, 1946
CIVIC GROUP ACTS AGAINST POLLUTION
WILL ASK STATE TO USE AUTHORITY
As the result of a well-attended meeting last night of the Provincetown Civic Association, immediate steps will be taken to persuade State health authorities to ban further pollution of shore and harbor waters here, and it was decided, also, to seek a Town by-law which would make mandatory a public hearing in all cases where new enterprises or structures might affect adjacent property values or the comfort and welfare of residents in the vicinity.
These decisions were reached after a detailed discussion of the situation which has arisen because of the placing of a fish processing plant on Commercial Street in the midst of a congested residential section and which has resulted in legal action being taken by neighboring residents against the fish company.
Among those who described conditions in the vicinity and the efforts to improve them through the local Board of Health were Preston Hall, Clarence Nelson and Captain Anthony Russell who stressed the damage done to summer business by the odors coming from the plant as well as the serious damage to property values in the vicinity. It was contended that several other better sites for the plants were available where fish could have been handled far more economically and without offending [residents].
Oct. 13, 1966
PESSIMISTS SEE NO TRAFFIC RELIEF
What to do about the Town’s increasing traffic problem in Summer occupied members of the Provincetown Civic Association at their recent meeting, and the report of the secretary is that two schools of thought emerged from the discussion.
One school held that all efforts should be made to increase parking areas substantially. The other school took a dimmer view. It recommended that nothing be done — because with the ever-increasing attraction of the National Seashore and an inevitable increase in good roads, there could never be enough parking space here anyway.
According to the Association secretary, this second school also ventured the thought that “perhaps the more difficulty, the more it would help cut the flow of traffic.”
In a more hopeful mood, however, the Association members suggested that another exit road leading out of town from the center of Provincetown would keep visiting traffic from getting bogged down in the center location.
They recommended purchase by the Town of the abandoned New Haven railroad bed between Howland Street and Snail Road and making it a second exit route from the central area.
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Oct 12th, 2006