Reconstruct Nonantum Road

AdvanceNotice: Reconstruct Nonantum Road

$6,059,400


Project Type:	AdvanceNotice
Project Owner:	Massachusetts Highway Department
Location:	Massachusetts, United States, Suffolk (MA), Middlesex (MA), Watertown (MA), Newton (MA), Boston (MA), 02101
Estimated Value:	$6,059,400
Estimated Jobs:	N/A - Congressional Budget Office As compared with 66 - White House Council of Economic Advisors
Category:	Contractor - Lighting (Interior and Exterior), Contractor - Landscaping / Fencing, Construction - Roadways
Market Sector:	State/Municipal
Bid Number:	DCR949
Publication Date:	03/10/2009
Contact Information:	Phone: 1-617-973-7800 Fax: 1-617-973-8040 Address: Room 5441, 10 Park Plaza, Boston, MA, 02116
Description:	FEDERAL ECONOMIC RECOVERY SPENDING. Location: Watertown, Newton, Boston. Description: Reconstruct Nonantum Road from Galen Street to Brooks Street. Work includes narrowing the current four-lane parkway to two lanes, improving street and pathway lighting, increasing the width of the parkland and multi-use pathway along the Charles River, improving intersections, and improving landscaping.. ID: DCR949. MPO: Boston Region. TIP Status: Amendment Adopted 02/26/09. Cost: $ 6059400.

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Here is what 34 people think:

73.5% - Worthwhile (25 Votes)

3 - Energy Efficiency
8 - Environmental
11 - Long-Term Value
3 - Short-Term Value

26.5% - Unnecessary (9 Votes)

5 - Fraud/Abuse
2 - Not Competitive
2 - Too Costly

Comments (7)

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jonathan

Aug-28-2010 09:09:15 AM

This project is an ill-conceived and worthless waste of funds. There is already a bicycle path along the river. Cyclists will not choose the new path on the other side of the road as an alternative to riding directly along the river bank. Reducing traffic to two lanes will create unnecessary congestion. Already adds 3 mins! Property value argument is absurd!! There is no housing abutting route. This is a scam to force drivers to pay Mass Pike toll!!!

Matthew

Oct-09-2009 03:02:35 PM

Reducing the roadway from four lanes to two and providing a decent bicycle facility will reduce the number of cars driving on that road. At first congestion will worsen, but eventually people will find other routes or choose to use another mode of transportation. This project, however, cannot be stand-alone: there needs to be a system-wide change. With good bicycling facilities throughout the city, Boston would see reduced traffic congestion and a healthier population.

Oct-15-2009 07:18:04 AM

Reply to Matthew : The logic behind reducing traffic by reducing traffic capacity is as logical as reducing starvation by reducing food production.

Sjbres

Nov-11-2009 04:52:14 PM

Reply to Matthew : Reducing travel lanes will increase cars idling in traffic. Resulting in more pollution and less conservation of fuel. This is New England how many people are going to ride bikes to and from work in the dead of winter and freezing temps, or in the heat of summer. Most companies do not offer shower facilities to employees who will arrive all sweaty after pedaling to work in the heat. Hate to smell that all day. People will end up sitting in traffic with the AC's cranking.

R. Adams

Oct-03-2009 12:25:47 PM

Reducing lanes adds to conservation effort by discouraging commuter driving and speeding. This is a *parkway*, but the double lanes combined with the narrowness of the road as it is results in speeding, head-on collisions, injury and death. There will be a safe walkway and bike path added in place of the lanes. The reconstruction will increase the value of the property around it, and encourage use of the river as a recreational destination, which is a subjective yet undeniable improvement.

James Rzatkiewicz

May-31-2009 07:18:23 PM

This is a critical 4 lane roadway. It definitely needs to be resurfaced. But NOT reduced to only 2 lanes. The lane reduction is ill consived. Keep it 4 lanes !

Joseph Wolfee

Oct-03-2009 04:07:08 AM

Reply to James Rzatkiewicz : James - you are correct. What idiot do-good politician decided this road, like so many others in Newton and Brookline should have the number of lanes reduced? There are more cars on the road today. Fewer lanes means slower traffic and more ideling time, more gas consumption and more polution, not to mention frustration.

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