Cedar to Lowell bike path clearance

[pjmorgan.livejournal.com]

I rec'd this email from the Ward5 Resistat listserve regardin an item that had been rated high on previous community meetings.  Looks like we will have an early bike bath extension of sorts (just without the lighting or paving). 


Hello All - Our Office of Strategic Planning and Community Development asked that I pass on the following message. The goal of clearing this area has been discussed several times at Ward 5 ResiStat meetings. The work starts tomorrow.

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The City has just received confirmation from the MBTA that they will begin clearing the right-of-way between Cedar Street and Lowell Street tomorrow (Saturday) at 8:00 am.  This will involve the removal of all trees and vegetation in the center of the ROW and low vegetation along the outside edges of the ROW.  Trees screening abutting residences will be kept in place, with the exception of the area abutting the MaxPak site where all vegetation will be removed.

The work will continue on weekends until complete.

The area has been baited for rodents.

Comments

[ron_newman]

Thanks for posting this. Your last paragraph ends in the middle of a sentence, however.

[pjmorgan.livejournal.com]

I fixed my errors. I'm wondering if anyone knows if this also means the MaxPak demolition might be soon?

[turil.livejournal.com]

And supposedly in another month or so the company that owns the tracks is coming in to remove them...

[ron_newman]

Haven't heard about that -- please tell us more.

[turil.livejournal.com]

That's all I know. I just mentioned about this post to Joel, and that's what he responded with.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_mattt/]

I saw the equipment parked at the bike path and cedar street this afternoon, and thought that is what might be finally happening. Thank you for posting this.

[tt02144.livejournal.com]

In my cynical opinion, this probably has more to do with helping out the owners of the MaxPack site, than extending the bike path.

[ron_newman]

Those two things are supposed to go together, with the MaxPak owners agreeing to remove the railroad tracks and ties in exchange for being able to build a temporary road for demolition and construction purposes. But the time allowed for that is rapidly running out, if it hasn't already expired.

[ron_newman]

I posted a followup here.