About the Needham/Newton Corridor Roadway Improvements Project

The 1.7-mile project corridor consists of a mixed-use urban landscape of commercial and residential areas with significant traffic congestion, in particular, in the Needham Street area. The corridor carries 28,000 vehicles per day. It features trail connections and includes an historic, nationally registered, stone arch bridge over the Charles River, built in 1875.

About the project

The goals of the project are to improve:

• traffic safety and operations
• transit operations
• multimodal accommodations

Improvements will include the following:

• Roadway widening, full depth construction, and mill and overlay
• Raised bike lane and sidewalk installation
• Shared Use Path for bikes and pedestrians
• Traffic signal replacements – 5 locations
• New traffic signal installation – 2 locations
• Installation of stormwater basin and infiltration trenches

Schedule

Notice to Proceed – summer 2020

Construction start – fall 2020

Construction complete – 2024