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Planning Board signs off on Avalon Bay open‑space plan beneath Lechmere viaduct with refinements requested
Summary
The Cambridge Planning Board on April 15 concluded a design update for PB‑175, Avalon Bay's open‑space and multiuse path work under the Lechmere viaduct at NorthPoint, and asked for refinements on plantings, paving and spatial organization before final approvals.
The Cambridge Planning Board on April 15 concluded a design update for PB‑175, the Avalon Bay open‑space and multiuse‑path element at NorthPoint/Lechmere, and asked the applicant to refine some final details before construction. The board voted 7–0 to end the design update and directed staff and the applicant to continue finalizing plantings, material selections and accessibility details.
Background and scope Emily Carmody, vice president of Avalon Bay's capital projects group, said the open‑space and multiuse path work was originally part of a special permit approved in 2015 and amended several times thereafter. Construction of the two residential buildings on the site is complete, she said, but the open‑space and the section of the multiuse path beneath the Green Line viaduct were delayed while MBTA and MassDOT completed the Green Line Extension and Monsignor O'Brien Highway…
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