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Envision Needham walking tours and Highland Avenue corridor project advance design work; $17 million estimate cited for state-funded improvements
Summary
Staff and consultants are running downtown walking tours and prototypes for Great Plain Avenue; the Highland Avenue corridor is in early design and seeks transportation-improvement funds, with participants citing roughly $17 million in project scope and an anticipated 2031–2032 completion window in planning documents.
The Revitalization Trust Fund updated members Feb. 27 on the Envision Needham downtown walking tours, prototype ideas for Great Plain Avenue and the Highland Avenue corridor project — large, multi-intersection work seeking federal and state transportation funds.
Paul (Revitalization Trust Fund committee member) said the Envision Needham effort uses 11 sandwich-board stations throughout downtown, each with a QR code linking to a public feedback form. The consultant-led process will…
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