You could feel the exasperation in Councilman Joe DePasquale’s voice — the kind of frustration that brews and eventually boils over when you’ve been trying to get an answer to a question for many years.

During discussion of new business at the November meeting of the Warren Town Council, DePasquale advocated for finding an actual solution to a problem that has been discussed ad nauseam: traffic and congestion on Warren’s most traveled roads.

“I am really trying to, before I leave this seat, get an answer,” he said. “So many studies are done. So many times it seems just to be the whim of whatever direction the wind is blowing at the State House. Sometimes you get action, and sometimes you don’t.”

DePasquale’s inquiry was multi-pronged. The first inquiry involved Water Street, which the Town of Warren has authority to enact change since it’s a municipal street. He floated the possibility of making Water Street a one-way street, which could feasibly open up the opportunity to re-stripe parking diagonally on one side of the road to increase the number of spaces and reduce the issues associated with two-way traffic narrowly passing one another, as cars traveling south often veer into the north-bound lane to avoid cars parked along their side.

“I see it every single day,” DePasquale said on Friday.

DePasquale said during the meeting on Tuesday night that he was aware any changes made to traffic patterns on Water Street would require additional planning and possible changes made to Main Street, since the two roads are inherently connected as commuters try to navigate through the town.

Since Main Street is under the purview of the state Department of Transportation (DOT), he wants them to become a serious partner in working out a more fleshed out plan.

“I am asking for the state to please take a look at our town and help us understand the possibilities of a traffic pattern that can just make a little bit of sense in the flow and where you’re going,” he said.

Regarding Metacom Avenue, DePasquale said he wanted the state to work with Warren to determine a better way to manage the many businesses on either side of the road, which often cause traffic jams as people turn left. He floated the possibility of adding a turning lane, and opening up access between adjacent shopping plazas so drivers didn’t need to merge onto Metacom Avenue if they were going to multiple businesses along the same route.

“It doesn’t make sense to me,” he said. “I believe there has to be a better way.”

Lastly, DePasquale questioned why there has been no meaningful discussion about installing a rotary at the intersection of Route 136 and Market Street, next to the Malik’s Liquor plaza, where a red light currently causes long delays by halting all traffic to let a few cars turn left onto 136.

Council Vice President Steve Calenda concurred with DePasquale in his frustration that nothing has really changed despite multiple studies done regarding the traffic issues. He said that similar solutions — road diets, turning lanes, changing streets to one-way traffic only — have proved effective elsewhere.

“Joe brings up a good point,” he said. “We’ve had these studies done for decades, and they’re either falling on deaf ears or the response back from the state is, ‘Well, it doesn’t work.’ Well, the federal highway safety program is actually indicating that they do work.”

The council unanimously agreed to send correspondence to DOT looking to set up a meeting with Robert Rocchio, Chief Engineer of Infrastructure, and Sean Raymond of the State Traffic Commission.

DePasquale, on Friday, said that he didn’t want his hypothetical solutions to the problems to be the focus of his advocacy — but rather to be the start of a conversation that actually leads to action.

“My solutions aren’t really part of this discussion. What I put forth first are the problems. That’s how I’m trying to take this. I am not a traffic engineer or a consultant. I am not DOT,” he said. “But the problems I identify exist. And the first part of any solution is identifying the problem. It’s for the experts to decide and tell me if it’s possible, or to tell me all the reasons it’s not.”