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Random musings from a Midwesterner in Beantown.
Tuesday, September 27, 2005
$900K earmarked for Somerville Community Path
This is a letter to the editor that Lynn sent to area newspapers and listservs:
On behalf of the Friends of the Community Path, I wish to publicly thank
Senators Edward Kennedy and John Kerry, and Representative Michael Capuano
for the hard work and success in getting the federal transportation
spending bill [H.R.3 "The Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient
Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users" (SAFETEA-LU)] signed into
law on August 10. The Massachusetts transportation projects supported are
all vitally important, and we are excited about the roughly $40 million of
this multi-year funding allotted for creation and extension of bicycle and
recreational paths around the Commonwealth. The Friends of the Community
Path are delighted that $900,000 has been earmarked for Community Path
extension in Somerville.
The proposed 2=-mile path Community Path extension, from Cedar Street in
Somerville to the Charles River, has great regional significance in that
it will link about 40 miles of continuous path via the Minuteman and
Charles River paths through Bedford, Lexington, Arlington, Cambridge, and
Somerville to Boston, Watertown, and Waltham.
The City of Somerville is negotiating access to the MBTA right-of-way
along the rail corridor, and path design for the next half-mile
"Cedar-to-Central" Streets segment is already in progress. With this
$900,000, the Friends of the Community Path are optimistic that
construction from Cedar-to-Central will begin in 2006.
Through good planning, it is not just possible but beneficial and
essential to comfortably accommodate the rest of the Community Path
extension and the Green Line in the same right of way. We have a vision
of a Community Path, between Central and Medford Streets in Somerville,
akin to Boston's Southwest Corridor along the Orange Line, a design that
creates new open space and parks where there were none - an enormously
needed paradigm in Somerville.
The Community Path is the centerpiece of an "Active Living by Design"
grant awarded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to the City of
Somerville in partnership with Groundwork Somerville. These grants aim to
integrate regular physical activity into our daily routines, in order to
reap health benefits such as promoting psychological well-being,
maintaining healthy weight, and reducing the risk of developing
cardiovascular disease, obesity, diabetes, arthritis, and certain forms of
cancer.
The linkage of this Community Path to others and to metro and commuter
train lines will yield enormous benefit to Massachusetts, as residents and
tourists alike are enticed by scenic, healthy, and fun traveling options.
A network of paths will serve as recreational oases, transportation
corridors, and boons to businesses.
The Friends of the Community Path applaud our congressmen for earmarking
new federal transportation funds for Somerville's Community Path extension
and other state bicycle and recreational projects. We look forward to
furthering our common goals on the Community Path project and beyond.
Sincerely,
Joel Bennett
Lynn Weissman
Friends of the Community Path
Somerville, Massachusetts
www.pathfriends.org
On behalf of the Friends of the Community Path, I wish to publicly thank
Senators Edward Kennedy and John Kerry, and Representative Michael Capuano
for the hard work and success in getting the federal transportation
spending bill [H.R.3 "The Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient
Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users" (SAFETEA-LU)] signed into
law on August 10. The Massachusetts transportation projects supported are
all vitally important, and we are excited about the roughly $40 million of
this multi-year funding allotted for creation and extension of bicycle and
recreational paths around the Commonwealth. The Friends of the Community
Path are delighted that $900,000 has been earmarked for Community Path
extension in Somerville.
The proposed 2=-mile path Community Path extension, from Cedar Street in
Somerville to the Charles River, has great regional significance in that
it will link about 40 miles of continuous path via the Minuteman and
Charles River paths through Bedford, Lexington, Arlington, Cambridge, and
Somerville to Boston, Watertown, and Waltham.
The City of Somerville is negotiating access to the MBTA right-of-way
along the rail corridor, and path design for the next half-mile
"Cedar-to-Central" Streets segment is already in progress. With this
$900,000, the Friends of the Community Path are optimistic that
construction from Cedar-to-Central will begin in 2006.
Through good planning, it is not just possible but beneficial and
essential to comfortably accommodate the rest of the Community Path
extension and the Green Line in the same right of way. We have a vision
of a Community Path, between Central and Medford Streets in Somerville,
akin to Boston's Southwest Corridor along the Orange Line, a design that
creates new open space and parks where there were none - an enormously
needed paradigm in Somerville.
The Community Path is the centerpiece of an "Active Living by Design"
grant awarded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to the City of
Somerville in partnership with Groundwork Somerville. These grants aim to
integrate regular physical activity into our daily routines, in order to
reap health benefits such as promoting psychological well-being,
maintaining healthy weight, and reducing the risk of developing
cardiovascular disease, obesity, diabetes, arthritis, and certain forms of
cancer.
The linkage of this Community Path to others and to metro and commuter
train lines will yield enormous benefit to Massachusetts, as residents and
tourists alike are enticed by scenic, healthy, and fun traveling options.
A network of paths will serve as recreational oases, transportation
corridors, and boons to businesses.
The Friends of the Community Path applaud our congressmen for earmarking
new federal transportation funds for Somerville's Community Path extension
and other state bicycle and recreational projects. We look forward to
furthering our common goals on the Community Path project and beyond.
Sincerely,
Joel Bennett
Lynn Weissman
Friends of the Community Path
Somerville, Massachusetts
www.pathfriends.org
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