It certainly would not be a Somerville ResiStat meeting
without discussion on the Green Line Extension! Mayor Curtatone was excited
about the $8.1 million approved to bring the rail to route 16 and encouraged
all attendees to continue their advocacy for the full Green Line through
Somerville. According to the city’s presentation, construction is set to begin
on Lowell Street in 2015. Funny, this was the initial completion date of the entire project once set by MassDOT.
Of course, that full completion date has been pushed back three to four
years, with bridge-widening construction beginning this fall to prep bridges
for the Green Line cars. The project, as a whole, is hopefully going to be done
and passenger-ready by 2018-2020.
Community Path lovers got some great news in
finding out that MassDOT is wrapping up the design phase and is putting the
project out to bid in August. Work on that should start soon after with a full
completion in summer 2013. Previous meetings have the path featuring a rubberized edge for runners with a paved middle. Railroad-oriented accents and play structures round out the multi-use section that begins on Cedar Street, running alongside MaxWell's Green to Lowell Street. Have ideas? Be sure to include them in the Community Path map that allows users to leave comments!
Right now, MaxWell’s Green is still using the
section for vehicles in their effort to complete the 184-unit development
sooner than anticipated.
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