Most meetings are being held in person, but some are still remote or virtual. Go to eastham-ma.gov/calendar-by-event-type/16 and click on the meeting you are interested in to learn about meeting locations and any remote options that may be offered.
Thursday, Oct. 14
- Conservation Commission work session, noon, virtual
- Nauset Regional School Committee, 6 p.m., virtual
Monday, Oct. 18
- Bid opening for Rock Harbor project
- Search Committee, 4 p.m., virtual
- Strategic Planning Committee, 4 p.m., virtual
- Climate Action Committee, 5 p.m., Town Hall
- Select Board, 5:30 p.m., Town Hall
Tuesday, Oct. 19
- Historical Commission, 10:30, Public Library
- Eastham Elementary School Committee, 4 p.m.
- T-Time Development Committee, 5 p.m., Town Hall
Wednesday, Oct. 20
- Open Space Committee, 3 p.m., virtual
- Planning Board, 5 p.m., Town Hall
Thursday, Oct. 21
- Affordable Housing Trust, 11 a.m., Town Hall
Conversation Starters
Signs to Say Slow Down
Eastham will soon have six new flashing speed signs in place along Route 6, Town Administrator Jacqui Beebe confirmed at the select board meeting on Sept. 13, though it has not yet been determined exactly where the signs will be placed.
In April, the select board wrote a letter to Mass. Dept. of Transportation and the state police asking for help with speeding on the 40-mile-per-hour section of highway. Because Route 6 is a state road, the town must ask permission to place new speeding signs.
“The problem is worse in Eastham because, in Orleans, the roadway is broken up in so many different ways and, in Wellfleet, Route 6 goes down to one lane,” said select board member Jamie Demetri. “In Eastham, it’s two lanes through the entire town.”
The letter stated that Eastham police regularly make over 3,000 traffic enforcement stops per year.
Demetri said that the town’s desire to lower speed limits is separate from — but will eventually converge with — the town’s traffic plan for the town center that is envisioned for the future in North Eastham. —Cam Blair
