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With Delays, Rutherford Avenue Federal Funding Diverted to Other Projects
Delays in the Rutherford Avenue/Sullivan Square Re-Design project have pushed funding commitments from the Boston MPO to other projects – including a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project expansion now under construction in Jamaica Plain and Roxbury.
With Rutherford and a few other projects not ready to be advertised in the current fiscal year, as planned, the Boston MPO ran into a surplus of money. Moving some other projects forward, like the final leg of the Green Line Extension (GLX), it opened up the ability to fully fund the JP center-lane BRT project.
Charlestown, 1935: A cold-water flat, a 7-year-old boy, and a bully called âShoveâ
At 93, the author recalls a city gone by, the fear he felt there, and the satisfaction of getting revenge on his childhood tormentor.
By Tom SheehanUpdated April 24, 2021, 3:00 a.m.
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A bird s-eye view of Charlestown in the early 20th century.Library of Congress/Wikimedia Commons
I awakened slowly, and the first reality that hit me was not the chill in the small bedroom of the cold-water flat, not the dingy surroundings, not the fact that there was no school for the day. I shivered. Reality was my arch tormentor, the boy we called âShove,â standing
Bikes on the McGrath Highway? The stateâs preparing to redesign the urban artery
By Adam Vaccaro Globe Staff,Updated April 23, 2021, 9:30 a.m.
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Soon, McGrath Highway will be cut down to four lanes to make way for bike lanes.Erin Clark/Globe Staff
By American standards, at least, the streets of Somerville and Cambridge are a cyclistâs paradise, with green paint, flex posts, and off-street paths lining many key thoroughfares.
But then, tearing through the citiesâ eastern edges, stands the six-lane McGrath Highway, much of it elevated on a hefty overpass to carry a heavy load of commuter traffic along Route 28.