With flags snapping in the wind and seagulls flying overhead, Massachusetts VIPs and bike trail advocates gathered on the sunny southern bank of the Cape Cod Canal in Sandwich Thursday morning, July 22, to celebrate the stateâs support for blazing new bike trails and enjoying the great outdoors.
The occasion was a formal announcement of $4 million in state grant awards to fund 52 outdoor recreational trail projects across the commonwealth.
âThese projects are opportunities to expand access to the outdoorsâ¦to encourage active and healthy lifestyles,â Governor Charles D. Baker Jr. told the the crowd of about 50 people gathered on the lawn of the US Army Corps Visitors Center at the Sandwich Marina.
Saugus awarded $98,000 Shared Street and Spaces Grant to create safer Cliftondale Square
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Town Manager Scott Crabtree issued the following press release
Town Manager Scott C. Crabtree is pleased to announce that the Town of Saugus has been awarded $98,000 through the Baker-Polito Administration’s Shared Streets and Spaces competitive grant program to make traffic and sidewalk improvements in Cliftondale Square.
“We are grateful of the Baker-Polito Administration and the Massachusetts Department of Transportation’s support of the Town of Saugus and its goal to create safer streets, sidewalks, and crossings in Cliftondale Square,” said Crabtree.
Saugus officials have spent years researching and identifying infrastructure improvement needs within Cliftondale Square.
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In this photo provided by the Medford Fire Department, officials work at the scene of the Roosevelt Circle overpass on I-93. (Medford Fire Department via AP)
MELROSE, MA All southbound lanes of I-93 South underneath Roosevelt Circle will be open at some point Thursday, state transportation officials said.
Only two lanes of travel have been in use since an overweight truck crashed into the Roosevelt Circle overpass Monday afternoon. The northbound lanes have all remained open.
Workers are now working in a deliberate manner to make temporary repairs to the overpass structure, the Massachusetts Department of Transportation said. They found additional damage while working overnight Tuesday.