Newton. October 7, 2011.

During a community meeting Thursday night, residents expressed concerns about the potential development at Riverside Station and its impact on traffic back-up and school overcrowding.

The auditorium at Williams Elementary School was packed once again last night as residents and elected officials voiced their concerns about a proposed mixed-use development at the Riverside MBTA Station.

Despite changes to scale-back the project, those in the audience remained skeptical that the modifications would do anything to alleviate traffic back-up coming on and off Route 128/Interstate 95 as well as the surrounding neighborhood roads.