The acting commissioner of the Department of Conservation and Recreation recently announced that due to public feedback they’ve been working on a fourth design alternative for the Arborway Parkways Improvement Project.
At evening rush hour on Monday, the cars inching into JP’s busiest rotary moved slower than a woman pushing a stroller along the sidewalk. Bikes, however, zoomed through via a new bike lane.
The Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) pitched three proposals targeted at improving the Arborway at a recent public meeting.
After hearing for years that traffic calming measures were needed for Centre Street between the VFW Parkway and Murray Circle, DCR crews installed new crosswalks and added flashing signals last week.
One man is dead and a police officer took fire but did not return it in an incident that has shut down Centre Street from Murray Circle to the Monument.
