This Sunday: SomerStreets "Going Green on Route 16" festival

[ron_newman]

This Sunday, August 19, Alewife Brook Parkway will be closed to car traffic from Broadway to Dilboy Field for the annual SomerStreets Going Green on Route 16 festival. The event runs from noon to 4 pm.

For this unique event where "roads are closed to cars and open to you!" programming will extend along Route 16 in West Somerville, and will include live music, recreation programming, environmental exhibitions, sports demonstrations and much more. This event will celebrate environmentally-friendly programs and policies and invite residents of all ages to learn more about what the City is doing in these areas, while having fun! SomerStreets is the City's Open Streets Initiative, which closes sections of roadways one Sunday per month to promote and support active living - walking, biking, running, dancing, etc.

So leave your cars at home, but bring your walking or running shoes, rollerskates, skateboards, scooters, bicycles, or other human-powered transportation.

Comments

[dcltdw]

Wow, thanks for the heads-up. Do you know how they'll redirect traffic? The site didn't say (or, I missed it).

[ron_newman]

I don't know that information. Probably they'll detour the traffic onto North Street, which parallels this part of Route 16, or maybe onto side streets in Arlington.