Somervillians Concerned About Incomplete Construction On Highland Ave.

WBZ NewsRadio’s Jay Willet reports.

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:01):
The sound of e bike tires pounding the cracked road
of Highland Avenue.

Speaker 2 (00:05):
It's not good. It's not a pleasant street to bike on.

Speaker 3 (00:08):
I avoid biking on this street at all costs, as
like someone who doesn't have a car.

Speaker 1 (00:11):
The City of Somerville wants to have bike lanes here
by twenty thirty. Right now, it's like driving on a
highway rumblestrip at a fraction of the speed, So it's
rough going for the car suspension.

Speaker 4 (00:21):
Have you seen people with those bumper stickers that say
I survived Highland Avenue? Like, yeah, yeah, are those plentiful
around here?

Speaker 2 (00:28):
Good number? Yeah.

Speaker 1 (00:29):
A large chunk of the road was repaved last year
after sewer utility work, but it left unpaved lanes to
the curb and it doesn't reach Davis Square.

Speaker 2 (00:37):
And nothing has happened since then.

Speaker 1 (00:38):
City council passed a resolution to get answers from the
Mayor's office as to why a project that had planning
discussions dating as far back as twenty twenty now remains
with no finished timeline. WBZ News Radio has.

Speaker 2 (00:49):
Reached out to the city as well.

Speaker 1 (00:50):
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