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Barletta has been putting a pretty big dent in the eastern abutment over the last few says since the westbound side of the overpass was closed. And fyi: very light midday traffic throughout the project area yesterday. https://flic.kr/p/swC8TW https://flic.kr/p/sPctDg https://flic.kr/p/sPcu3r

Hmmm... I just reset them all to 'safe' on flickr. Need to dust off my rusty HTML skillz, too...

Here are shots of the westbound Overpass on April 29, just after the creation of a crossover lane on the abutment. http://www.flickr.com/photos/10041103@N06/17345672346/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/10041103@N06/17371628395/ Barriers were put in place to allow for demolition to begin...

Agreed. If Yancey truly wants to inform his constituents (rather than, say, fuel the fantasies of some of O'Malley's) you'd think he'd instead call for a meeting in his own district, at a time and place convenient to his constituents. This is more or less my first rodeo of this kind, but it...

Yancey seems to have swallowed the fantasies of the entrenched opposition hook, line and sinker. Apparently both would like an endless series of hearings, studies, investigations and most of all delays for an ever-shifting littany of reasons. In the case of BFH, this week they're calling for a...

If you mean the section between Murray Circle and Forest Hills: see page 14 of the Part 3 pdf linked above which shows that the Arboretum side has a two-way off-street bike path proposed, grade-separated from the mainline vehicles by a 4' concrete buffer. The one-way bike path on the "Arborway...

Sorry for the quality of the images on ArborwayMatters (my bad). Here are links to DCR's public meetings materials site where you can download pdfs of the presentations... Part 1 - the goals and traffic analysis Part 2 - examples of many different roundabout styles Part 3 - the meat of the...

All delays associated with the project to date have been aggravating, but the first "hold the date" announcement came before the venue had been confirmed to try and give the community as much notice as possible, then it was moved by one day to secure the venue, and then it was pushed back...

MassDOT Casey website now says Notice to Proceed was issued 12/15/14, so the clock is ticking on timing incentives.

I haven't yet seen confirmation that the Notice to Proceed has been issued. Have you? There have been indications that it might be soon in the locall media (and elsewhere), but I don't believe the contract clock starts ticking until it actually gets issued. I'm as anxious as the next guy for...

Admitting you're taking your information from propagandists is the first step in recovery. :) But here is some "propaganda" from the other side... The general narrative goes something like this in my view as someone who has read all the docs, attended many of the 45 or so public meetings, boned...

I live right here too, and in my view (literally) the Casey Overpass absolutely creates rush hour traffic both below and on the ramps. It sits directly on top of what *should* be the eastbound Arborway, causing serpentine, zig-zag routes for drivers trying to get anywhere in Forest Hills. Among...

Bid opening for the general contract on the Casey Arborwayhas been pushed out again, to 9/23/14 @ 2:00

FWIW, MassDOT's Steve McLaughlin stated repeatedly that the pending Casey Arborway Project is "fully funded regardless of the funding source" at the last few Design Advisory Group meetings when, err, challenged on the details. I believe him. But I also believe that a primary strategy of the...

I'm a month late on this, but in my opinion the notion that the car traffic (alone) caused the overpass to be built - or that we're doomed to have it again without a new overpass - needs to be tempered with an awareness of what caused that traffic in the first place, along with an awareness of...

MassDOT has made an updated rendering of the full Casey Project corridor available as a pdf from their website here (2nd paragraph of Project Overview): http://www.massdot.state.ma.us/caseyarborway/Home.aspx Not exactly hi-res, but here's the best quality I could grab: In addition to vastly...

I believe that a left turn north onto Forest Hills Street from the eastbound Arborway will be blocked by a median as you've noticed (access now from that direction means going around the whole rotary to get to it). I think for that turn you'll proceed a couple hundred more yards to Cemetery Road...

I attended the MHC consultation on 4/4/14. MHC's involvement is limited specifically to their finding of 'adverse effect' in DOT's plan to convert the rotary near the Franklin Park to a signalized intersection - no other aspects of the Casey Arborway Project are open to their consultation. At...

MassDOT's most recent response to the concerns of MHC and the two citizens they were asked to address specifically is available here: http://www.scribd.com/doc/212698653/Letter-from-Department-of-Transportation-to-Historical-Commission-re-Shea-Circle Ball back in MHC's court...

Randomgear - You are correct and I believe that I have significantly overstated the case re: Shea Circle's creation and impact on the bridge above. Apologies - and corrections made. A renewed look at the geography and at Richard Heath's excellent work on Forest Hills and Franklin Park history...