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Blake Street streetscape, park design trimmed and advanced to warrant after CPC vote; CSX rules shape fence and mural plans
Summary
Design changes for the Blake Street streetscape and park reduced costs and prompted the Community Preservation Committee to forward a $783,900 CPC funding recommendation to Town Meeting; CSX fencing rules require a 6‑foot, small‑opening fence and prompted a wooden panel design that could host murals.
The Master Plan Implementation Committee received a detailed Blake Street streetscape update on Feb. 19 and heard that design changes and rail‑right‑of‑way constraints have shaped a revised, lower‑cost project that the Community Preservation Committee (CPC) has advanced to the Town Meeting warrant.
Laurie (project lead) said bids for the Blake Street streetscape will be released the week of Feb. 26 with bids due in late March and that several adjustments came after railroad feedback. "They told us that we couldn't have our trees in the grass strip between the municipal parking lot and the railroad…
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