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MassDOT Ghosts Somerville Critics At I-93 Virtual Public Meeting
"People started to realize they’re not hear to hear us," says Somerville resident Melissa McCue-McGrath. "They’re here to say they had a meeting, but they’re not going to do anything for the people who live here and are dying here... It wasn’t that they didn’t hear us; they were just choosing not to."
June 10, 2021
This Week: Two MassDOT Public Hearings on Safety Priorities in Somerville
"I'm so furious that after three deaths in two years MassDOT has done nothing for us. Nothing," said Mystic Avenue resident Emily Vides at the May 26 rally.
June 1, 2021
MassDOT Prioritizing Highway Project Before Safety Fixes At Somerville’s Most Deadly Intersection
Elected officials and advocates in Somerville are putting intense pressure on state highway officials for fast-tracking a $37 million project to repair the Interstate 93 viaduct ahead of a modest $6 million safety project for nearby surface roadways where reckless drivers regularly kill and maim local residents.
May 25, 2021
Help Pick A Route for the Silver Line Extension Through Everett
Planners seek feedback on potential alignments that would extend the Silver Line busway from its current terminus in Chelsea into Everett, Somerville, Cambridge, and downtown Boston.
April 27, 2021
MBTA Puts New Green Line Stations On the Map
The Union Square branch (along with the new Lechmere station and rehabilitated Lechmere viaduct) is expected to open in October, while the longer Medford branch is expected to start taking riders in December.
April 8, 2021
New Green Line Stops Bring New Public Art to Medford, Somerville, and Cambridge
"The GLX Art Enrichment Program seeks to contribute to the vibrancy of the GLX communities by investing in the success of local artists," says the MBTA.
March 8, 2021
Before Its Teardown, Somerville’s McGrath Highway Could Get A Road Diet
An obsolete six-lane expressway that slices through East Somerville will, by the end of this summer, become a four-lane expressway with wide buffered bike lanes.
February 24, 2021
Somerville Council Requests New Design with Protected Bike Lanes for Highland Ave.
District Councilor Ben Ewen-Campen said that "I have become increasingly convinced that it is indeed possible - not only possible, but really essential - that we include protected bike lanes on Highland Ave."
February 15, 2021
Advocates Press for Protected Bike Lanes on Somerville’s Highland Ave.
In a construction project expected to begin later this year, the City of Somerville will rebuild Highland Avenue as well as several adjacent streets as part of its Spring Hill Sewer Separation project.
February 1, 2021
Legal Settlement Will Restore Carpool Lane and Add New Bus Lane on Tobin Bridge
The Massachusetts Department of Transportation has committed to establishing a new bus lanes on the Tobin Bridge and I-93 as part of a legal settlement over its decision to eliminate a carpool lane on I-93 in the spring of 2019.
November 19, 2020
