Traffic & Transit
Milford Police Warn Drivers To Heed New Pattern At Main Intersection
The traffic change went into effect on Friday after a long-term study of the Milford intersection.

MILFORD, MA —There's a new stop sign in town.
On Friday, Milford installed new stop signs along South Main Street at Fruit Street changing the intersection from a two-way stop for drivers along Fruit to a four-way stop. Milford police said the signs were added after a study of the intersection, which connects drivers to Main Street near Milford Regional Medical Center.
As usual, drivers will now need to make an extra stop while traveling along South Main, police reminded.
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"We ask as always that our community work with us to make this change as safe as possible by obeying new traffic laws. Remember to come to a complete stop at the stop sign and yield to any vehicles or pedestrians in the intersection before proceeding," the department said.
The Fruit and South Main intersection has been the site of numerous accident, including a fatal 2009 collision that killed resident Richard Grossi.
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Correction: The year of the crash that killed Richard Grossi was incorrect in a previous version of this story and has been updated.
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