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State Representative for the 26th Middlesex District in Cambridge and Somerville. Attorney, activist, renter, proud progressive and democratic socialist.

May 4, 2023, 6 tweets

Yesterday, the Somerville legislative delegation met with Bill Ferrari, Acting Program Manager for the GLX project, to discuss the status of the Community Path Extension and other "punch list" items on the Green Line Extension Project. The MBTA recently announced a mid-June grand… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

At Washington Street in East Somerville, there's a light pole that couldn't be installed because the design of the project had it encroaching on the width of the path, so the contractor is now working through this engineering issue and looking to install the light. Then, in the… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

Here's a pic of that access point I referenced in the previous tweet where the design-build contractor failed to meet ADA requirements.

I'll defer to my colleagues to talk in more detail about sections of the path that are in parts of Somerville that are not in my district — but generally speaking there are incomplete guardrails, drainage installation issues, missing bollards, ADA compliance issues, etc. We were… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

Finally, at Lechmere, the Bus Loop was left incomplete at the time revenue service started last year. On the left, the starter's booth and sidewalks have now been completed and made passable, as has the sidewalk in the photo on the right.

Also at Lechmere, these bus shelters were recently opened up; sidewalks that had been opened in an interim-condition have been completed, and a plaza by the station has been widened. However, I did point out to the GLX team that they've yet to complete the landscaping under the… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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