Central Broadway Streetscape Improvements Meeting

The City of Somerville is pleased to announce the

kickoff meeting for the Central Broadway/Winter Hill Roadway & Streetscape Improvements Project,

held by the Mayor’s Office of Strategic Planning and

Community Development and part of the Somerville by Design process.

The meeting will be take place on Wednesday,

April 16, from 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm at the Winter Hill

Community School, 115 Sycamore Street, Somerville. (Please use the Medford Street entrance.)

The project team will start with a short overview presentation to explain

the project process, followed by an open house where you can view maps of the

area, learn about preliminary site analysis, ask questions of our engineers,

landscape architects, and planners, and give feedback on what you see as the vision for the future of Central Broadway in Winter

Hill. Your concerns and ideas will help us guide the project.

The Central Broadway/Winter Hill Streetscape

Project will study existing conditions, issues, and opportunities and prepare

an urban streetscape design that improves the safety and functionality of the

corridor for all modes. The project runs along Broadway from and including the

Route 28/McGrath Highway intersection to just east of the Broadway/Medford

Street intersection where the Magoun Square improvements begin. The goal of the

redesign is to enhance, accessibility, safety, appearance, and sense of

community while preserving the unique characteristics of this active and

dynamic corridor. This project builds on the work of the Winter

Hill/Magoun Square Neighborhood Plan and is part of the larger Somerville by Design model for

neighborhood planning. Somerville by Design directly involves residents in a

creative process to develop design solutions for their neighborhood, followed

by continuous feedback, refinement, and finalized recommendations. 

If you are unable to attend the meeting but want to learn more

about the project, please visit the project website and sign up for the mailing list.

The meeting location is accessible to people with disabilities. To

request language assistance, American Sign Language interpreters, assistive

listening devices, handouts in alternate formats, or information on the

meeting, please contact Gregory Flanigan at: gflanigan@reginavilla.com or

617-357-5772 ext. 18.

We look forward to seeing

you at public events and receiving your comments as we move forward towards a

new vision for Central Broadway. Please forward this notice to anyone you think

may have an interest in this project.