Public Hearing Notice  Chelsea – Improvements at Mary C. Burke Elementary (Safe Routes To School)

• Aviso de audiencia pública de diseño de la División de Carreteras - Chelsea 2/19/26

A Design Public Hearing will be held to present the design for the proposed project in Chelsea, MA.

Purpose:

The purpose of this hearing is to provide the public with the opportunity to become fully acquainted with the proposed project. All views and comments submitted in response to the hearing will be reviewed and considered to the maximum extent possible.

Proposal:

The purpose of this project is to improve pedestrian and bicyclist safety in the vicinity of the Mary C. Burke School in Chelsea through the upgrade of an existing signal at Stockton St and Eastern Ave, realignment of Stockton St to be perpendicular to Eastern Ave, removal of the Toomey Square roadway, elimination of left turns out of Louis St, construction of a 10-foot-wide shared-use path for pedestrians and bicyclists along the west side of Eastern Ave, installation of a crosswalk with a rectangular rapid flashing beacon across Eastern Ave immediately north of Hooper St, realignment of Spencer Ave to be perpendicular to Eastern Ave at its north intersection, and the reconfiguration of parking to be back-in angle along the east side of Spencer Ave.

A secure right-of-way is necessary for this project. Acquisitions in fee and permanent or temporary easements may be required. The city is responsible for acquiring all needed rights in private or public lands. MassDOT’s policy concerning land acquisitions will be presented in the hearing.

Project inquiries, written statements and other exhibits regarding the proposed undertaking may be submitted to Carrie E. Lavallee, P.E., Chief Engineer, via e-mail to MassDOTProjectManagement@dot.state.ma.us or via US Mail to Suite 7550, 10 Park Plaza, Boston, MA 02116, Attention: Project Management, Project File No. 612884. Statements and exhibits intended for inclusion in the public hearing transcript must be emailed or postmarked no later than ten (10) business days (14 calendar days) after the hearing is hosted on the MassDOT website listed below. 

This hearing is accessible to people with disabilities. MassDOT provides reasonable accommodations and/or language assistance free of charge upon request (e.g interpreters in American Sign Language and languages other than English, live captioning, videos, assistive listening devices and alternate material formats), as available. For accommodation or language assistance, please contact MassDOT’s Chief Diversity and Civil Rights Officer by phone (857-368-8580), TTD/TTY at (857) 266-0603, fax (857) 368-0602 or by email (MassDOT.CivilRights@dot.state.ma.us). Requests should be made as soon as possible and prior to the hearing, and for more difficult to arrange services including sign-language, CART or language translation or interpretation, requests should be made at least ten business days before the hearing. 

In case of inclement weather, a cancellation announcement will be posted on this website.