After five months of work and something like 14 public hearings, the Congestion Mitigation Commission has finally made its recommendation. Here's how the voting went down at this afternoon's meeting:
13 yes votes.
2 no votes: Richard Brodsky and Denny Farrell
1 abstention: Richard Bivone
1 absent: Vivan Cook
Next stop on the timeline, March 28:
The City Council must vote toapprove the "Implementation Plan," send a home rule message to thestate legislature. A home rule message is a request from a city or towncouncil to the state legislature asking them to vote on legislationaffecting only that town or city.
Now that the policy making is done, let the politics begin.
