On Thursday evening, May 14th, 2020 the Community Path Project Committee (CPPC) held a virtual meeting and invited Nitsch Engineering to provide an update on the Preliminary Design for Phase 1 of the Belmont Community Path. We identified how feedback received from the community, MassDOT and the MBTA to date has been integrated into the design. Community comments such as the desire to maintain the existing vegetated screening and address existing flooding issues on properties along Channing Road have guided the development of the proposed path location and proposed drainage improvements. Comments from MassDOT and the MBTA were extremely helpful in understanding the MBTA’s preferred process for constructing the Alexander Avenue tunnel and providing guidance regarding the MBTA’s minimum offset requirements to accommodate railroad maintenance activities.
The next step in the design process is to prepare preliminary design plans that will be presented at an information meeting. The CPCC intends to hold a virtual Public Information Meeting at the end of June or early July for the design team to present the preliminary design.
We are very interested in receiving public comments. More information will be provided in the coming weeks about the Public Information Meeting, where to view the preliminary plans, how to provide comments, and how to complete the survey about the Community Path Project. The presentation from the May 14th CPPC Meeting can be viewed here:
Please note: The Concept Design Report dated February 6, 2020 was prepared prior to meetings with the MBTA and does not necessarily reflect the current design shown on the Preliminary Design Plans.
