State halts public comment on controversial roundabout
Looking south at the intersection of North King Street (Route 5), left, and Hatfield Street, right, in Northampton, where a roundabout is planned. GAZETTE FILE PHOTO
Yellow caution tape marks the site of a completed archaeological dig on the west side of Hatfield Street in Northampton where it approaches North King Street (Routes 5 & 10). A planned roundabout for the intersection would go through the site where artifacts estimated to be at least 8,000 years old were found. STAFF PHOTO/KEVIN GUTTING
Traffic on Hatfield Street approaches and turns left onto North King Street in Northampton on Thursday. A planned roundabout would realign the problematic intersection. STAFF PHOTO/KEVIN GUTTING