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Master_Dogs t1_iy42bfm wrote

Reply to comment by rocketwidget in Progress on the Mass Central Rail Trail in Waltham. Ultimately will connect Boston to Northampton by Exit_127

The Charles River stuff basically connects to the Watertown Greenway too (using either Kingston Ave or the nice connector path here), so it could really provide a nice way for someone in Belmont to reach Harvard without touching a City street.

Hopefully one day they extend / improve the Charles River stuff too. No reason it couldn't go past Waltham towards Newton. Just a matter of routing and acquiring or dedicating some ROW to it.

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rocketwidget t1_iy45c9v wrote

The Newton improvements might be in the works. First, in Waltham at the Woerd Ave trail end, there's a low stress road connection to the Auburndale Park Path in Newton, going to Comm Ave.

From there, there's a series of projects in the works in the planning stages at least, though, hurry up and wait...

https://www.solomonfoundation.org/projects/riverside-greenway/

I know pedestrian improvements crossing Comm were recently funded by Newton/MA for starters, and one of the next steps, the rebuild of the pedestrian Boathouse bridge over the Charles, is funded by MA for construction in the next few years.

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