Canter v. Planning Board of Westborough

The plaintiffs are once again before us on an appeal from a Superior Court judgment affirming the disapproval of their subdivision plan by the planning board of Westborough (board). In Canter v. Planning Bd. of Westborough, 4 Mass. App. Ct. 306 (1976) (Canter I), we reversed an earlier disapproval of the same plan. The board on that occasion disapproved the plan on the ground that the development would create dangerous traffic conditions on several public ways adjacent to the subdivision and that access to the subdivision in the event of an emergency would be inadequate due to the narrowness…