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By Bill Walczak, Reporter Columnist April 15, 2021 A trash-strewn embankment along the southeast expressway near Tenean Beach. Bill Walczak photo In 1954, construction began on the Southeast Expressway, with Dorchester the chosen path for a highway that would allowing for hundreds of thousands of suburbanites to get to and from downtown Boston. Not only did leaders of our Commonwealth decide to place their busiest highway into Boston in Dorchester, but its designers decided that it would be put on an embankment as much as 15-30 feet high in most sections, except in Savin Hill, where it would slice below grade. These high embankments above grade and the high walls for sections below grade block much of Dorchester from its waterfront. ....
Sagamore Bridge lane closures begin By Adam Vaccaro Globe Staff,Updated April 12, 2021, 2 hours ago Email to a Friend The Sagamore Bridge will be down to one lane in each direction for several weeks.John Tlumacki/Globe Staff/file Ahead of what is expected to be a record tourism season on Cape Cod, the Sagamore Bridge was reduced to one lane in each direction on Monday for what could be weeks of maintenance on the aging canal crossing. Itâs the second time in three years that the bridgeâs owner, the US Army Corps of Engineers, has closed lanes on the bridge to take on around-the-clock spring maintenance and repairs. The lane closures will remain in place until contractors complete the work, which includes repairs on steel supports and lighting equipment. The Army Corps has not provided a set date for when that will be, except to say the project will be finished by Memorial Day â typically the launch of tourism season on the Cape. ....
Hadley shop owner losing site to Route 9 work says state check not enough Exotic Auto Repair on the corner of Route 9 and East Street in Hadley. STAFF PHOTO/CAROL LOLLIS Exotic Auto Repair on the corner of Route 9 and East Street in Hadley. STAFF PHOTO/CAROL LOLLIS By SCOTT MERZBACH HADLEY Since opening Exotic Auto Repair on Route 9 in 2012, owner Paul Narus has had enough success that he hopes to continue running the business for at least another 20 years. But because the 0.14-acre site and 1,316-square-foot building at 184 Russell St., the northwest corner of East Street and Route 9, is in the way of the state’s Department of Transportation’s plans to widen the highway between the town center and the malls, and to make various intersection improvements, Narus understands that his property has to be taken. ....
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State toughens diversity criteria as it looks to divest prime downtown Boston site On Kneeland Street, MassDOT is again trying again to divest a high-profile Big Dig property By Jon Chesto Globe Staff,Updated February 24, 2021, 6:56 p.m. Email to a Friend MassDOT is looking to sell off property on Kneeland Street on the edge of Chinatown, including air rights and a city-owned pumping station). Left out of this deal: a steam plant and MassDOT office building (rear of photo).David L. Ryan The Massachusetts Department of Transportation is strengthening its diversity criteria as it seeks a developer for one of the last prime empty parcels in downtown Boston. ....