Last modified: Saturday, October 4, 2008 2:24 AM EDT Norton board opposes station BY MICHAEL GELBWASSER SUN CHRONICLE STAFF NORTON - Selectmen officially are opposing state plans for a Barrowsville station for the proposed South Coast train line, citing traffic and other issues. Selectmen voted 4-1 Thursday night to send Project Manager Kristina Egan a letter stating their position. Selectman Stephen Gradie opposed the letter, and did not sign it. "The proposed station would further burden citizens of the Barrowsville and Chartley sections of our town with noise, traffic and safety issues and provide little, if any, benefit to the community," selectmen wrote. The state Executive Office of Transportation and Public Works has included the Barrowsville station among 18 recommended sites for stations for the South Coast commuter rail eyed to connect Boston with Fall River and New Bedford. The Barrowsville station would be a "village-style" depot with limited parking and built on the former station site on South Worcester Street. The 18 sites now face state and federal environmental review. Selectmen said Barrowsville "has little, if anything, to offer" the train project based on the state's principles for selecting station sites. "The site is over a mile from Route 123, is approximately four miles from the center of Norton and is located at a dangerous intersection in a residential neighborhood," selectmen wrote. "The narrow and winding road lacks sidewalks and cannot be widened to support any additional flow of traffic."