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This is approved as of December 11th!

On the topic of transportation, more detailed concept designs for the Bedford/Hartwell Complete Streets project were recently released. This public meeting presentation has a good summary of the project thus far and here's the town website on it. Essentially the town is redesigning the roads in...

5-7 Piper Rd was approved on Oct. 9th, although with 46 units instead of 59

Yeah those surface lots are on a different property so not much this developer can do. Perhaps the garage is accounting for their later development as the surrounding property is also in the multifamily overlay district. On an unrelated note, the property to the north is owned by the Lexington...

The study says two tracks and that the multi-use path along the Grand Junction ROW has been designed to leave space for double-tracking

Isn't the hi-rail portal being built near the Russel Field entrance to Alewife? If so it seems unlikely that construction would block an RLX given that it's not near the end of the RL tunnels.

The Arlington Center grade crossing would definitely need to be eliminated but the tunnel would still be fairly short. Even with this and the bridges requiring modification, the changes you need to make are less extensive than a cut-and-cover RLX. The user experience of the minuteman would...

Have people given thought to restoring commuter rail service on the minuteman out to Bedford? Even just a single-track line. It seems like a good response if the Alewife area is redeveloped with less on-site parking. That project would be a good opportunity to connect a minuteman CR line with...

The proposed development at 231 Bedford Street has been reduced to 3 stories and is now only 7 units with no retail component, according to the new site plans.

Another mixed-use building was just proposed in East Lexington "North Shore Residential Development, Inc. (NSRD) proposes to construct a new 46-unit 5 story mixed use / residential condominium, building with residential parking for forty-six (46) cars (40 interior and 6 exterior resident...

Interesting proposed development near the corner of Waltham St and Concord Ave: "Application is for a mixed-use development containing ~3,670 SF commercial space and 200 dwelling units with 255 off-street parking spaces, landscaping, and stormwater management improvements." Project plans are...