Public Meeting on pedestrian crossings of the Jamaicaway
Doug Mink
-Doug Mink
DCR HOLDING PUBLIC MEETING TO DISCUSS
CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE AND TRAFFIC IMPACTS
OF WORK TO IMPROVE PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS
AT ELIOT STREET AND THE JAMAICAWAY
Thursday January 27, 2011 7-8:30 p.m.
Arnold Arboretum Hunnewell Building
The Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) and the Emerald Necklace
Conservancy (ENC) will hold a public meeting on Thursday, January 27, 2011, to
discuss the construction schedule and traffic impacts related to improvements at
the intersection of Eliot Street and the Jamaicaway in Jamaica Plain. In
addition, an update will be provided on Parkman Drive improvement projects at
Kelley Circle and near the Parkman Memorial.
These improvements are part of the Jamaica Plain Access Project, a joint
project between DCR and the ENC to improve safety and accessibility at several
intersections along the Emerald Necklace.
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For immediate release January 13, 2011
Contact: Wendy Fox (DCR) 617-626-1453
Catherine Pedemonti (ENC) 617-522-2700
The Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR), an agency of
the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs, oversees 450,000 acres
of parks and forests, beaches, bike trails, watersheds, dams, and parkways. The
agency�s mission is to protect, promote, and enhance our common wealth of
natural, cultural, and recreational resources. To learn more about DCR, our
facilities, and our programs, please visit www.mass.gov/dcr. Contact us at
mass....@state.ma.us.
Doug Mink
> Doug, isn't that the same night as Nicole's update? I worry we won't get
> many cyclists out...
Yes it is! 3rd annual Boston Bikes Report is at the Boston Public Library's
Rabb Lecture Hall from 6:30 to 8:30 on the 27th. I just called Wendy Fox of the
DCR, and she said that they found out about the conflict too late to reschedule.
The good thing is that this is an information meeting about
stuff which is really going to happen rather than a planning meeting.
We still should have some bicyclists there to point out how important the
crossing is when neighborhood people stand up to complain about how the
construction will cause more traffic on their streets. Some of those
people, though, really want this crossing, too, and I hope they will be at
the Arboretum. Wendy said that the information presented at the meeting
will be available online, and when she sends me the link, I'll send it out
to massbike-boston.
> DCR HOLDING PUBLIC MEETING TO DISCUSS
> CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE AND TRAFFIC IMPACTS
> OF WORK TO IMPROVE PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS
> AT ELIOT STREET AND THE JAMAICAWAY
>
> Thursday January 27, 2011 7-8:30 p.m.
> Arnold Arboretum Hunnewell Building
-Doug Mink