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Where Will 300 Car Commuters Go as Forest Hills Parking Lot Becomes Apartments?

Nancy Ludwig (facing crowd) explains features of The Residences at Forest Hills at a community meeting on Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2016.
Nancy Ludwig, facing crowd, principal at ICON Architecture, explains features of The Residences at Forest Hills at a community meeting on Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2016.

Forest Hills residents peppered a would-be developer with questions about where hundreds of car commuters will go if the LAZ Parking lot becomes a mixed-use development.

There were other issues raised during a community meeting Wednesday about “The Residences at Forest Hills,” but much of the discussion revolved around parking. The three-building, six-story development would add 252 apartments and townhouses plus 5,500 square feet of retail to Forest Hills’ burgeoning stock of mid-rise transit-oriented developments.

T: Closing Forest Hills Track Should Not Create Delays

Commuters leave the T platform at Forest Hills Station on Aug. 29, 2016. Soon only one track will be used to boarding and disembarking.
Commuters leave the T platform at Forest Hills Station on Aug. 29, 2016. Soon only one track will be used to boarding and disembarking.

JP residents recently learned that one side of the platform at Forest Hills T will be closed starting next week through December. An MBTA spokesperson says the change “should have no impact on customers other than the fact they will be boarding on the southbound side.”

One of Forest Hills Platforms to Close Through December

From Sept. 3, 2016 through December, only one of Forest Hills' two platforms will be in use.
From Sept. 3, 2016 through December, only one of Forest Hills’ two platforms will be in use.

UPDATE: The T explains that it has a plan so that during rush hour it can keep to the regular Orange Line schedule.

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Fellow Orange Line riders, get ready for some additional chaos in your favorite subway line. The T will be shutting down one of the two platforms at Forest Hills soon as part of the Casey Arborway Project.

MassDOT Says Flat-Roofed Forest Hills Busway Will Handle Snow

The new Washington Street busway. Passengers coming out of the train station will no longer walk straight to catch their bus but follow the zigzag canopy to waiting buses on the platform ( URS architects and engineers. Now Aecom).

The new Washington Street busway. Passengers coming out of the train station will no longer walk straight to catch their bus but follow the zigzag canopy to waiting buses on the platform ( URS architects and engineers. Now Aecom).

The schematic drawings of the new Washington Street upper busway canopy and platform published last week caught many readers by surprise; it was the first time even the most active observers had seen the replacement shed. Some questioned the practicality of a flat roof.

Forest Hills Upper Busway On Washington Street Razed Over The Weekend

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Barletta Heavy Division Inc. brought in the enormous tracked demolition claws and jackhammers at 2 a.m. Saturday. By 5 a.m., the first canopy sections crumpled, and by the end of the day, the upper busway on Washington Street opposite Asticou Road was down.

Demolition of Bus Canopy to Be Done Around the Clock This Weekend

File photo: The upper busway at Forest Hills on Sept. 19, 2015.
File photo: The upper busway at Forest Hills on Sept. 19, 2015.

Workers have removed several canopy panels already and hoe rams were at work Thursday preparing the way for full demolition of the roof over the upper busway at Forest Hills. State officials announced that night work on the project would begin at 1 a.m. Saturday. Work will go on 24-hours-a-day through Monday at 5 a.m.