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Arborway Green Line Restoration
News
- 4/30/03
ENF Hearing
The
MBTA filed the required
Environmental Notification
Form (ENF) for the
Arborway project
on March 18.
This
process serves to
identify issues
that will come up
during the project
and to work positively
to resolve them
as best as possible.
Public
comment on the ENF will be accepted until May
12, with a hearing to be held on Wed., April 30,
at the Agassiz School, 20 Child St., JP.
The
ENF is viewable in .pdf format at the MBTA's
web site.
- 10/16/02
ARRPAC Meeting
The
fourth ARRPAC meeting continued where the previous
meeting left off. After making considerable progress
on drafting a set of stop locations, the committee
agreed to schedule another session before its
next scheduled meeting date, in order to fully
address the remaining stops on the line.
That meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, Nov.
7 at the State Labs.
A more complete summary of this meeting appears
on our ARRPAC
Notes page.
- 9/19/02
ARRPAC Meeting
ARRPAC
met to begin discussions over station design concepts
brought by project consultants, and to begin discussion
on potential locations of stops along the corridor.
Read more about it on our ARRPAC
Notes page.
- 8/7/02
ARRPAC Meet-and-Greet
The
Arborway Rail Restoration Project Advisory Committee
(ARRPAC) held an informal "meet and greet"
session with members of the recently-approved
project design team
led by Vanesse Hangen Brustlin, Inc.(VHB).
Questions were answered about the Scope of Work
approved as part of the project contract. Plans
for the process leading up to the 15% design review,
including the schedule of meetings for the remainder
of the year, were also discussed.
Read more about it on our ARRPAC
Notes page.
- 7/10/02
ARRPAC Meeting
ARRPAC
met for the second time on Wednesday, July 10
in a meeting that began with a bus tour of the
Arborway corridor from Forest Hills to Heath Street.
Along the way, stops were made to allow committee
members to address concerns about specific portions
of the route.Upon arrival at Heath Street, the
committee disembarked to examine elements of the
newly rebuilt station there.
Following the tour, the committee viewed slides
of street-running light rail innovations elsewhere
in North America, and wrapped up its preliminary
procedural discussions.
See
the ARRPAC
Notes page for more info.
- 5/22/02
ARRPAC Meeting
The
Arborway Rail Restoration Project Advisory Committee (ARRPAC),
a combination of citizens, delegates of local politicians,
city and state officials, and project planners, held its
first meeting on Wednesday, May 22.
After committee
members were introduced, the issues of Decision-making,
Attendance, and the requirement of committee members
to support actively the E Line's restoration.
A full summary appears on the ARRPAC
Notes page.
-
1/9/02
Community
Meets on Restoration
Over
100 community members, city and state political leaders,
and other interested parties gathered at the Agassiz Schol
on Wednesday night, Jan 9, to begin the public comment phase
of Arborway Green Line restoration.
In
attendance were MBTA General Manager Mike Mulhern and Director
of Design Barbara Boylan, as well as Boston Transportation
Commissioner Andrea d'Amato, and project consultant Bill
Lieberman.
Mulhern pledged the T's commitment to an open process involving
the concerns of all affected by the project. d'Amato told
the crowd the city would play an active part in ensuring
that the community's needs were addressed.
Lieberman said he planned to apply Best Practices from his
experience on similar projects worldwide to the Arborway
line, and to this end stated his desire to see technical
and community advisory committees combined into a single
unified project advisory committee.
Arborway
Committee chairman Franklyn Salimbene thanked Mulhern for
taking a hands-on role in the process. He called the project
a catalyst for the community to address street-related issues
in Jamaica Plain whose solutions have been stalled for years
over concerns about traffic.
Individuals interested in participating in the advisory
committee to the project should e-mail Boylan at bboylan@mbta.com.
- 5/30/01
Community
Meeting
The
MBTA will hold a public meeting to discuss the findings of
its study of light rail restoration on the Arborway Corridor.
The meeting will be held at 6 pm, Wed. May 30, in the Agassiz
School cafeteria, 20 Child St., Jamaica Plain. (click
for location)
- 4/28/01
Meeting Notice
The
Arborway Committee will meet on Monday, May 7, at 7:30 p.m.
at the Agassiz School, Child Street. Take the #39 bus to the
stop at St. Thomas's Church on South Street (click
for location). New members are welcome.
- 4/13/01
Survey
Shows Support for Restoration
Arborway Line restoration is the overwhelming favorite in
the results of the Jamaica Plain Gazette's Arborway Line survey.
In the April 13 issue, a front-page article titled "Most
people want to take trolley downtown" reports that 135
of the 180 respondents said they would use public transportation
if a one-seat light rail ride to Park Street were available.
- 3/24/01
The Jamaica Plain Gazette wants your opinions
on the Arborway Line. Take their quick survey (available here
in MS Word and text
file formats), and email
it to them by April 4.
The Gazette will be conducting a follow-up survey once this
one is complete, so be sure to check back here for more information,
or visit their web
site.
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