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Christian MilNeil

A long, empty four-lane highway bisected by.a median with trees stretches toward the horizon. A single car approaches in the distance.

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Highways

DCR Will Make One of Its Pointless Charles River Highways Half As Pointless

An aerial view of a large traffic rotary on a major highway that runs left-right through the center of the image. On the bottom edge are several large oil tanks and some railroad tracks. On the upper half of the image are densely-populated residential and commercial neighborhoods.

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City of Everett Wins Federal Funds to Bridge the Sweetser Circle Barrier

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MassDOT Wins $335 Million Federal Grant for Allston Highway Megaproject

A rendering of a wide multi-lane intersection with a city skyline in the distance and a bike path along the sidewalk on the left edge of the primary street.

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Somerville’s ‘Grounding McGrath’ Plan Has A New Look, With Fewer Lanes

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MassDOT’s Allston I-90 Plans Suffer Another Rejection for Federal Funding

A concept plan shows a grid of new streets – most of which are 4-5 lanes wide – overlaid on top of the vacant triangle of land between Cambridge Street and I-90 in Allston. Four new streets, labelled (from west to east) Seattle St. Connector, Stadium Way Connector, Cattle Drive Connector, and East Drive Connector – would run north-south from I-90 to Cambridge Street. Four other streets would run east-west, roughly parallel to I-90 and the Worcester Line train tracks: two streets are essentially frontage roads for I-90, the northerly (eastbound) which is labelled "Lincoln St. Connector". A block north is a street labelled "Cambridge St. South." And in the northeastern tip of the triangle, running only between Stadium Way Connector and Soldiers Field Road, is a street labelled "Hotel Way"

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Allston Project’s Next Challenge: Keeping the Turnpike’s Traffic Jams Out of A New ‘Transit-Oriented’ Neighborhood

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Feds, Advocates Talk About What’s In The New MUTCD (And What Isn’t)!

An aerial view of a major highway interchange. In the foreground is the intersection of two multi-lane suburban roads. Behind it is a large parking lot, with a gas station and a handful of other highway-oriented businesses surrounded by asphalt. In the middle distance, a four-lane expressway runs from the right to upper left. In the upper left, the highway crosses a canal over an arched bridge. Another highway runs parallel to the canal into the distance in the photograph's upper right corner.

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MassDOT Wins ‘Mega’ Grant for Sagamore Bridge Replacement

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DCR Breaks Ground On Major Road Diet in Newton

Flooding on Morrissey Boulevard in Dorchester during a "king tide" event

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The Climate Emergency

New Morrissey Boulevard Commission Will Come Up With Another Plan for Boston’s Wettest Highway