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Council records public-way plans for streets tied to Short Street bridge replacement
Summary
Council accepted layout plans for Short, Maple, Courier and Urban streets to be recorded with the registry of deeds as required for the Short Street (James Majitz) bridge replacement; staff said the action is ministerial and will not change street layouts.
The Lawrence City Council approved recording of public-way layout plans for Short Street and surrounding streets this week so the plans can be filed in the registry of deeds as required by the Department of Transportation for the Short Street bridge replacement project.
Mr. McCarthy, a city staff member, told councilors the plan is a ministerial step to document existing public ways around the James Majitz (Short Street) Bridge and that "there will be no physical changes to the street layout" as part of the recording. He said engineers reviewed historic records, surveyed the streets and prepared plans because the earlier redevelopment work in the 1970s left the plans unrecorded.
Council members asked clerk and staff to ensure the official bridge name is correctly recorded. One councilor noted the administrative record should reflect the bridge's formal name, which staff confirmed as the Theodore Bed Bridge, commonly referred to as the Daisy Street crossing.
The council treated the item as an acceptance to allow recording; no immediate construction action was authorized at the June 2 meeting. Recording the layouts is intended to support future design and reconstruction work tied to the bridge replacement.
