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Charles
River Lower Falls
Rail-to-Trail Bridge Conversion
Withdrawn October 2010.
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location:
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Near Concord Street, Newton
Lower Falls, MA 02462, crossing to behind 27 Washington Street,
Wellesley Lower Falls |
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goals:
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Convert the
unused railroad bridge crossing over the Charles River, just downstream
of Route 16, and the parcels abutting the bridge in Wellesley and
Newton, for use as pedestrian bridge & park. The site
is near existing
trails on the Wellesley side of the river and could be
connected to future pedestrian trails on the Newton
side. |
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project
funding:
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| design |
| $12,000
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Massachusetts
Dept.
of Conservation & Recreation funds |
| $12,000
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private
matching funds from Wellesley
Trails Committee & Newton Conservators |
$24,000
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TOTAL
DESIGN FUNDING |
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| construction |
| $46,784 |
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CP
funds requested in Newton
(recreation
land) |
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$ |
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private matching funds for Wellesley
path & park |
| $ |
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all
costs not covered by Newton or Wellesley to be covered by Massachusetts
Dept. of Transportation (for bridge itself) and Dept. of Conservation
& Recreation (for approaches) through the Accelerated
Bridge Program |
$850,000
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TOTAL
ESTIMATED CONSTRUCTION COST |
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contacts:
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George
Kirby
Newton Bicycle/Pedestrian Task Force Chair
email:
newtonbikeped@gmail.com
phone:
617 . 463 . 2078
Kevin Hollenbeck, West District Urban Parks Manager
Massachusetts Dept. of Conservation & Recreation (DCR)
email:
kevin.hollenbeck@state.ma.us
phone:
617. 333 . 7404, ext. 105
John McInerney,
Division Engineer, Bridge & Tunnel Construction Massachusetts
Dept. of Transportation (DoT)
email:
john.mcinerney@state.ma.us
phone:
617. 561 . 6159
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proposal
review & appropriation:
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5 December 2008
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proposal
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5 December 2008
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attachments to
proposal: photos, maps, application for DCR funds
(long file; may take a while to
open)
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14 January 2009
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presentation
to public hearing (includes photos and maps) |
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2008-09
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Dept.
of Conservation & Recreation presentations (scroll to
see links for "Newton, "Lower Falls," or "Charles River
Footbridges") |
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2009
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sponsor
updates: |
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28
August 2009
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cover
memo & background correspondence |
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28 August 2009
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deed
& plan conveyed to DCR (then the Metropolitan
District Commission) in 1982 |
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28 August 2009
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project
timeline |
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28 August 2009
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preliminary
cost estimates |
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2010
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sponsor
updates: |
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8 January 2010
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design
(site plan & elevations),
large-scale: requires 24x36 inch paper to print at full size |
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1 March 2010
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final funding
request, including budget detail and online
request for proposals (RFP) as evidence of state funding
commitment |
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22 October 2010
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proposal
withdrawn
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project
news:
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December 2009
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Wellesley
- preliminary
site plan |
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17 February 2010
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Wellesley
- process
& funding commitments to date |