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Wednesday, August 15, 2012

AG Coakley Approves Foxborough’s Parking Ban During Stadium Events

Attorney General Martha Coakley’s office informed the town last week it approved the parking bylaw that prohibits parking fees in residential areas during Gillette Stadium events. The bylaw was approved at May’s Town Meeting.

Foxborough is one step closer to enforcing a parking ban in residential areas of town, as well as nearby communities like Sharon, during Gillette Stadium events as part of a parking bylaw that passed Town Meeting in May. The town received the necessary approval from Attorney General Martha Coakley’s Office last week to move forward with its parking bylaw during Gillette Stadium events that exceed crowds of 15,000. In an Aug. 8 letter addressed to Foxborough Town Clerk Robert Cutler Jr. from Assistant Attorney General Margaret Hurley, the town was informed the AG’s Office approved the “amendments to the Foxborough bylaws adopted under Article 24” on the warrant, which was approved, 73-50, at May’s Annual Town Meeting. The bylaw aims to …

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