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real_EthanHunt said:
does Huntington Ave and Comm Ave underpasses at Mass Ave feel like a highway? not at all. current tunnels were designed as highway tunnels, the future ones are much shorter. Rutherford Ave will be back to grade before it reaches Hood Park Dr.
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The Rutherford Ave underpass is a very long one, due to the former overpass that used to ramp up over it. In the plans I've seen, the underpass is staying as is.
If they absolutely insist on having the stupid underpass, at least move it's portal north so it comes up immediately adjacent to Sullivan Square instead of several blocks to the south as it does now. At least then it wouldn't Infringe so much on the space needed for ped/bike paths and landscaping.
 
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the last bullet in the screen cap in the post above yours states its 800' shorter than existing. How is that 'staying as is'? they are doing exactly what you suggest. the existing under pass currently goes beyond Essex St. As of 2 years ago, the future tunnel will be back to grade prior to Baldwin St. thats 550' of the 800' in the bullet (with the rest being on the north end of the tunnel).

MODS, can we move all of this Rutherford discussion out of the 1 Mystic thread. 1 Mystic is on the other side of Sullivan Sq and nothing to do with this.
 
real_EthanHunt said:
the last bullet in the screen cap in the post above yours states its 800' shorter than existing. How is that 'staying as is'? they are doing exactly what you suggest. the existing under pass currently goes beyond Essex St. As of 2 years ago, the future tunnel will be back to grade prior to Baldwin St. thats 550' of the 800' in the bullet (with the rest being on the north end of the tunnel).

MODS, can we move all of this Rutherford discussion out of the 1 Mystic thread. 1 Mystic is on the other side of Sullivan Sq and nothing to do with this.
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They did shift the portal north, but it's still very intrusive and squeezes out any kind of roadside amenities along it's path. There is no reason why Rutherford Ave cannot be two lanes each way (plus bus lanes), without any underpasses, from City Square to Everett. Traffic be damned. Are we going to just perpetuate these 1959s/60s superhighways slicing through neighborhoods forever? You have I-93 immediately adjacent. Isn't that enough?
 
Charlie_mta said:
They did shift the portal north, but it's still very intrusive and squeezes out any kind of roadside amenities along it's path. There is no reason why Rutherford Ave cannot be two lanes each way (plus bus lanes), without any underpasses, from City Square to Everett. Traffic be damned. Are we going to just perpetuate these 1959s/60s superhighways slicing through neighborhoods forever? You have I-93 immediately adjacent. Isn't that enough?
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No road in Boston or its immediate neighbors that isn't a freeway should have more than 2 through lanes in each direction. None.
 
stick n move said:
-Dropped from 22 to 18 stories
-Units down from 503 to 423
-221 condos 202 apartments

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AND "reduction of 111 onsite parking spaces to an internal EV carshare program with 5 vehicles." 🥳🥳🥳

I may be wrong, but if that modification gets approved then that may make 1 Mystic Avenue the largest non-institutional multi-family in Massachusetts without onsite parking (in the conventional sense), and the largest volume of condos without onsite parking since Lovejoy Wharf. It would set a welcome precedent that could ultimately reduce the cost of multifamily housing construction considerably citywide and across the region. While it's unfortunate to see the proposed number of new units decrease 15%, it's a good tradeoff to have more home ownership opportunities with these large proposed multifamilies.
 
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