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Design work underway for School Street community-path crossing; city expects draft designs before public discussion

5874458 · September 30, 2025
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City engineering told the committee it has hired a consultant and is about one-third through design work for the Community Path crossing at School Street; staff said designs will be refined for MassDOT review and expected to be ready for public discussion in October, and the project will be coordinated with Lowell Street work.

Resident Ben Ornstein told the committee he installed a convex mirror at the School Street corner of the Community Path to improve sightlines and that neighbors have been actively pressing the city to fix the intersection.

“I took it upon myself to install a convex mirror at the corner so folks could see, before they took that turn,” Ornstein said,…

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