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NEW BEDFORD — As you battened down the hatches and tried to locate that pesky snow shovel in preparation for this week’s snowstorm, you may have noticed things disappearing in front of some city restaurants.  In September, New Bedford’s Department of City Planning  announced it would create “street parklets” which convert on-street parking spaces into areas for the public.  The department used funding it received through the MassDOT Shared Streets & Spaces Grant Program to purchase the Jersey barriers, planters, Madeira wine barrels, and wooden platforms necessary to create eigh...

UpdatedFri, Dec 11, 2020 at 2:52 pm ET Replies(4) Peabody was awarded $70,000 a state Shared Winter Streets and Spaces grant. (Shutterstock) PEABODY, MA — Peabody will receive $70,000 to go toward additional lighting to attract activity and local business as part of the $1.7 million Massachusetts Department of Transportation Winter Shared Streets and Spaces Grant Program. The awarded is designed to increase public comfort and safety for nighttime activities during the coronavirus health crisis. "This new round of funding will further help communities take important steps to provide more acc...