At its meeting, the Fall River City Traffic Board approved administrative items and voted on a series of parking requests and petitions affecting streets across the city.

The board unanimously approved minutes from the Nov. 18, 2024 meeting and the proposed 2025 traffic-board meeting dates. The board also approved several routine parking permits and handicap parking requests, and it denied or tabled others when documentation or further data were missing.

Votes at a glance:

- Approved: Minutes from Nov. 18, 2024 (motion to approve; seconded; no opposition recorded).

- Approved: Proposed 2025 Traffic Board meeting dates (motion to approve; seconded; no opposition recorded).

- Approved: 78 Melville — engineer review found no issues (motion to approve; seconded; no opposition recorded).

- Approved: 209 Adam Street — engineer review found no issues (motion to approve; seconded; no opposition recorded).

- Tabled: Saint John’s / 1365 Robin (application was tabled from a prior meeting; moved to table again).

- Denied: Request to prohibit parking on Blossom Road at Indian Town Road (request denied after staff review concluded cars were legally parked and no safety hazard was evident).

- Tabled: Request for a traffic study at North Main and Weaver Street (board authorized a traffic trailer to collect data and tabled action until data are returned).

- Approved (conditional): 109 George Street (J & J Bakery) — 15-minute parking signage approved with the condition that the applicant confirm exact business hours to Traffic staff before signage is posted.

- Approved: 483 Bryant Ave (Bryant Ave Cafe) — one-hour parking during requested hours (motion approved; no opposition recorded).

- Tabled or approved pending documentation: multiple handicapped-parking requests (including 138 Albion, 94 Broad, 357 South Oxford and others); several were tabled for missing registration/placard documentation or approved contingent on presentation of documents to Traffic staff.

- Denied: 711 Ray Street handicap-parking request was denied after the board concluded the property and school parking met current code and the applicant was not present to justify additional spaces.

Board members repeatedly told applicants to provide required paperwork (registration, placard copies, landlord letters) to Stephanie McArthur in the Traffic Division to complete applications. Several installations (sign posts, markings) were estimated to be scheduled about 12 weeks after approval or completion of required documentation.