Green Line Construction to Affect Parking, Driving in Harvard Street Area
Starting on Monday, October 19th, Winchester Place in Medford will be under construction by the GLX Phase 1 Contractor, Barletta Heavy Division, Inc., to remove the existing pavement and prepare the sub-base for new pavement. Removal of the pavement and preparation of the sub-base should last one week.
Parking: Cars on Winchester Place should be moved to Winchester Street. Alternate parking is also available in the public parking lot off of Morton Avenue behind Tufts’ field.
Also during this week the contractor will be milling Winchester Street and Winchester Court. There will be no parking on these streets the day of the milling. Residents will receive 24 hour notice before the parking ban.
Starting October 26th, the contractor will begin excavating the existing pavement on the west side of Winchester Street from Granville Avenue to 50 feet north of Winchester Place. Traffic on Winchester Street will be one lane only heading north to south at this work zone (see traffic plan linked below). It is anticipated this work will take two weeks to complete. There will also be some additional excavation of pavement at the intersection of Winchester Street and Winchester Court that will last approximately four days.
The traffic plan for this lane closure will can be found on the GLX website here: http://greenlineextension.eot.state.ma.us/documents/winchestertrafficplan.pdf.
Parking: There will be no parking on Winchester Street from Granville Avenue to Marion Street during this time. Please note another notification will be sent out prior to the paving of these areas, which should follow within days of the aforementioned work.
Starting November 2nd for approximately three weeks, Harvard Street in Medford will be reduced to single lane traffic from Main Street to Boston Avenue. Traffic will be one way – westbound towards Boston Avenue only. Eastbound traffic will be diverted along Boston Avenue.
The traffic plan for this lane closure will can be found on the GLX website here: http://greenlineextension.eot.state.ma.us/documents/harvardtrafficplan.pdf.
This is expected to be an around-the-clock lane closure, although there could be a period of time during which the closure is not in effect. One sidewalk will remain open during this work for pedestrian traffic. This lane closure is necessary to install a new water line under Harvard Street. This work is being done in conjunction with the City of Medford.
– Information and photo from MassDOT.