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MONTHS AFTER A LOCAL
HISTORIC BUILDING WAS
DESTROYED BY A TRUCK
FIRE...
STEPS ARE FINALLY BEING
TAKEN TO PREVENT
ANOTHER TRAGEDY.
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BACK IN JUNE -
EYEWITNESS NEWS WAS
THERE AFTER A TRACTOR
TRAILER OVER-TURNED -
SPARKING THE FIRE
WHICH DESTROYED THE
OLD GRIST MILL TAVERN.
NOW, THE TOWN OF
SEEKONK IS PREPARED TO
MAKE TRAFFIC CHANGES
TO THE TROUBLESOME
INTERSECTION.
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EYEWITNESS NEWS
REPORTER ANDREW
ADAMSON JOINS US FROM
THE NEWSROOM WITH THE
NEW DETAILS.
IT'S BEEN CALLED ONE OF
MASSACHUSETTS MOST
DANGEROUS INTERSECTIONS.
THE SITE OF NUMEROUS
ACCIDENTS IN INCLUDING THIS
SUMMER'S FIERY CRASH THAT
DESTROYED THE OLD GRIST
MILL. WILL A PLAN TO INSTALL A
NEW TRAFFIC LIGHT MAKE THE
INTERSECTION SAFER? WE GOT
THE OLD GRIST MILL OWNER'S
TAKE.
RISING FROM THE ASHES,
CONSTRUCTION CONTINUES AT
THE OLD GRIST MILL. FIVE
MONTHS AFTER A TRUCK
CRASH BURNED HIS HISTORIC
RESTAURANT TO THE GROUND,
OWNER GREG ESMAY SAYS
PROGRESS IS BEING MADE.
"We're building the Grist Mill
back
with 4 foot reinforced walls,
because
we're trying to make sure a
truck
never hits it again."
THE TOWN OF SEEKONK IS ON
THE SAME PAGE. THEY'RE
HOPING TO CUT DOWN
ACCIDENTS AT THE
DANGEROUS INTERSECTION AS
WELL.
"The town has been very much
concerned about that
intersection for
a very long time. I believe the
accident at the Grist Mill just
made
other people more aware of it."
ON WEDNESDAY, THE TOWN
BOARD OF SELECTMEN
APPROVED A PLAN TO TAKE THE
NEXT STEP TOWARDS MAKING
IT SAFER FOR DRIVERS: TAKING
OUT THE STOP SIGN, AND
INSTALLING A TRAFFIC LIGHT.
WHILE ESMAY IS HAPPY THE
TOWN IS WORKING TOWARD
IMPROVEMENTS, HE BELIEVES
MORE MUST BE DONE.
"Is there anything telling you
who
has right of way, who goes
where,
what is supposed to be
happening?
So I would say whatever they
decide
to do, I would really love to
see them
go out there and at least put up
some signage.
TOWN OF SEEKONK VICE
CHAIRPERSON BOB MCLINTOCK
TOLD EYEWITNESS NEWS THE
PLAN IS STILL PENDING
ANOTHER VOTE. ORIGINALLY,
THE ALTERNATIVE OF A
ROUNDABOUT WAS
CONSIDERED, BUT MCLINTOCK
SAYS THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL MAY
BE THE ONLY OPTION AT THIS
POINT. IF FINALIZED, THE LIGHT
COULD BE INSTALLED BY 2014.
THE OLD GRIST MILL OWNER
SAYS THIER GOAL IS TO
REOPEN THE RESTAURANT THIS
SPRING.
IN THE NEWSROOM ANDREW
ADAMSON EWN.
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AFTER SEEING SOME
PROBLEMS AT THE POLLS
IN LAST WEEK'S