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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.
MassDOT plans to repave McGrath Highway later this year, and when the project is over, the roadway’s stripes will be repainted in a new layout (pictured above) that will transform the highway’s outer lanes into new buffered bike lanes to accommodate Somerville’s growing volumes of bike traffic.
“This project is an indication of how progressive and courageous MassDOT can be. The road diet is outrageously ambitious for a resurfacing project, and it’s an indication of their willingness to work with us for a safer, calmer McGrath Boulevard,” said Brad Rawson, Director Transportation & Infrastructure for the City of Somerville, in a phone interview on Wednesday morning.
As the City of Somerville prepares to rebuild several major streets in the Spring Hill neighborhood as part of an upcoming sewer project, advocates from Somerville Bike Safety are petitioning the city to prioritize better bike and pedestrian infrastructure over on-street parking on Highland Avenue, a major crosstown route for bikes and buses.
Highland Avenue is a densely-populated corridor that runs from Davis Square to Somerville’s City Hall, main library, and high school campus on its eastern end. It carries two popular MBTA bus routes – the 88 and 90 – and, because it follows the high ridge along the crests of Spring Hill and Prospect Hill (see map below), it’s a popular, relatively flat route for people riding through the neighborhood on bikes.