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A lot of towns did the bare minimum. Districts drawn over land that already has apartments, or over sites nobody’s going to redevelop anytime soon. So even the zoning that’s “passed” won’t produce much housing in a lot of places. The whole effort might end up being a nothing-burger.

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"Jake and Lauren Flaherty, both 31, are among those opposed."

Those are from an earlier proposal. Renders from the most recent approved design are in the link 3decker posted above.

While an unpaved path exists near there, it is not an approved emergency access road, was never authorized by Winchester, and is not used by fire departments for access to the development. Even in an emergency, fire departments are not allowed to rely on an unapproved, non‑compliant route like...

That area is zoned single‑family residential in Winchester, and the town’s position was that Forest Street was never designed for emergency staging, through traffic, or development generated trips with the assumption being at the time that majority of the residents would be using it for primary...

Winchester denied that request as part of the original plan by the developer. Archer currently ends at the Woburn border.

The residential portion of the original plan to the south is largely complete, including the senior living community, townhomes, and apartments. All in that's about 420 units I believe. I don't know what the breakdown is for the 500 that are being proposed now. I recall the Woburn fire...

The two issues that have been slowing this project down are the building’s height relative to the adjacent (historic) Town Hall, and the development's proximity to Mill Pond in the earlier plans. The current proposal addresses both of these concerns. To a lesser extent, there have also been...

White Stadium project to cost taxpayers $135 Million

Any update on budget or schedule? The team is still indicating 2027 but by the photos that doesn't seem possible. Assume everything is on hold pending the SJC outcome? That said, compared to the Lexington HS replacement budget this thing is a bargain!

Anecdotal response, but on the North side the fare gates have been in place for a few years and conductors continue to check tickets at each stop inbound and outbound for boarding passengers. I was not looking forward to having to use the fare gates, but they really haven't been an issue. Scan...

March 2027? Given the current conditions it seems doable, but aggressive and with a lot of built-in assumptions. Or is the plan to be able play games with only the city's portion complete and limited seating? Assume there's no publicly available construction schedule?

The stairs/ramps/elevator and the half of both inbound and outbound platforms closest to the Quill rotary at Winchester Center opened yesterday. The other half of the station had opened last year.

They've been pushing off the McElroy replacement question for a long time. There's no easy solution that won't disrupt the main campus for the duration of whichever option they choose. They're going to have to make a hard call and when they do it will consume a lot of their development...