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A map of regional trail projects in the MetroWest region of Massachusetts, with the Mass. Central Rail Trail illustrated as a horizontal line crossing the map from west to east and the Bruce Freeman Trail crossing the map vertically north to south in the center.

MCRT Dec 2024 overview map

Trails

DCR Starting Construction On Two MetroWest Mass. Central Rail Trail Projects This Spring

<p>Jeff Shwom is a Somerville freelance reporter. He is also a staff reporter for <a href="https://www.thesomervilletimes.com/?s=Jeffrey+Shwom">The Somerville Times</a>.</p>


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A brightly-lit bike path next to some bike racks extends into the distance on a long, unlit straightway in the dark (center) at dusk.

Community Path near East Somerville T station at twilight credit Jeff Shwom

City Will Install Lighting to Dark Segments of the Community Path in East Somerville

A photoshopped remix of an architectural rendering of a new bridge crossing the river. The bridge structure has been erased and replaced with whitespace, with text that reads "work in progress"

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A Little Wider, A Little Later: An Update on the Mystic River Bike/Ped Bridge

A rendering of a proposed McGrath Boulevard overlaid on an existing view of the six-lane highway near Otis Street. A pink line running horizontally through the photo separates the rendering from the existing view and shows how the roadway would be narrowed to four lanes, with the existing concrete median strip removed and replaced by a planted, tree-lined median instead. On the right side, a two-way bike path runs next to a sidewalk and another wide planted buffer strip next to the roadway.

OtisStreetCrossSectionRendering_creditMassDOT

MassDOT

Going Out With A Bang: Biden’s USDOT Pledges Funding to Infrastructure Projects Across Massachusetts

A bike path runs alongside a narrow paved roadway. A green sign reads "BIKE ROUTE: Groveland Com. Trail" and beyond is a stop ahead sign.

Groveland Community Trail

New Trails We Can Look Forward To In 2025

A crowd of people on bikes rides down an empty four-lane highway. On the left side of the roadway are large trees and multi-story brick buildings; on the right is the Charles River with the Boston skyline in the distance.

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Street Design

DCR Will Start Tearing Out Pavement for Memorial Drive Narrowing Project In 2025

Signs alongside a roadway read "Hammond Pond Parkway – Massachusetts Dept. of Conservation and Recreation" and "Hammond Pond Parkway Improvement Contract No. P23-3501-C3A Newton MA" next to some orange construction cones and freshly-laid asphalt and stacks of granite curbing.

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Eyes On the Street: State Conservation Agency Converts Asphalt to Parkland In Newton

A map of the Northampton Bikeway in the northwest of the City of Northampton, along with a parallel detour route along N. Main and Main Street in the west, near the village of Florence; Locust Street in the center, and Prospect St. in the east, near downtown Northampton (which is in the lower right corner of the map)

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Northampton Bikeway to Close This November For Repair Work

A person on a bike rides along a single-track dirt path through some mown grass through a forest. The trail runs between two rows of utility poles and wires that stretch towards a substation on the horizon.

Boxford Border to Boston Rail Trail

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Travel Guide: Biking From the Border to Boston

A rendering of a complex cloverleaf intersection over a four-lane highway lined with parking lots and strip malls. The interchange features three bridges over the highway, two for motor vehicles and a smaller middle bridge for bikes and pedestrians, with intersections on either side.

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Highways

MassDOT Approves New Route 9 Highway Interchange In Natick, at a Price That’s 40 Percent Over Budget