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City to spend $132,000 on Merrimack corridor smart-growth study around McGovern Transportation Center
Summary
The council authorized spending a $132,000 housing choice planning grant to study a smart-growth overlay and transit-oriented development options around the McGovern Transportation Center and Merrimack corridor, with required public outreach and eventual ordinance consideration.
The Lawrence City Council authorized the expenditure of a $132,000 housing-choice planning grant to study transit-oriented, smart-growth overlay options for the Merrimack/McGovern Transportation Center corridor.
Planning Director Daniel McCarthy told the council the grant funds will pay consultants — planners, engineers and architects — to design an overlay district that encourages mixed-use development, housing, and improved public connections to the McGovern Transportation Center, Merrimack Street and…
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