***Canceled due to rain*** Press release from MassDOT regarding weekend work and lane closures on I-93 tunnel exits sections: MASSDOT TRAFFIC ADVISORY: WEEKEND WORK TO RESTRICT LANES ON I-93 NORTHBOUND Crews to Replace Concrete Pavement with Hot Mix Asphalt from Tunnel Exit to Zakim BOSTON (Monday, September 24, 2012) — This weekend, MassDOT will address Read More…
In addition to last weekend’s trash photos, North End resident and Connah Store owner, Mark Petrigno, shared this photo of the Big Dig tunnel entrance/exit across from the North End’s Cross Street plaza, by the N. Washington Street intersection. (See where J. Pace’s store sign is in photo.) Noticing rebar sticking out of concrete in Read More…
Message from MassDOT on planned repair work on I-93 N on-ramp at corner of Cross Street and New Chardon Street on Saturday, June 16, 2012: My name is John Romano and I work for the MassDOT. We are planning on doing some repair work to the I-93 Northbound On-Ramp at the corner of Cross St Read More…
The surface pavement for the Big Dig is crumbling about 20 years earlier than expected, according to state officials and reported in the Boston Globe. The repairs could cost $1 million, adding to the Central Artery project’s $22 billion price tag. The work will cause weekend and night lane closures at the tunnel openings where Read More…
Following this week’s designation of Parcel 7 to the sole bidder, Boston Public Market Association, the adjacent Greenway Parcel 9 now moves into the spotlight. Four bids were submitted to the State’s transportation authority, MassDOT, that owns the parcel. The triangular lot, known as Parcel 9, is adjacent to Haymarket, Blackstone St. and the Rose Read More…
I recently went on a architecture history walk, courtesy of Context Travel, centered around the Big Dig and Boston’s development history from colonial times to the establishment of today’s Greenway parks. Our guide was Amy Finstein, a professor of architectural history who has extensively researched Boston’s original Central Artery along with similar urban modernization in Read More…
Debbie Moody, a masters student in Town and Country Planning at Newcastle University in the U.K. is doing a dissertation relating to the effect the Big Dig project in reconnecting communities and whether the project has provided community benefits. “My focus is going to be primarily on the impact the project has had on the Read More…
The jury came via bus today for a tour related to the Big Dig case regarding property damage of North End buildings. (Photos by Bruce McCue.)