Arlington Receives $307K MassWorks Infrastructure Grant

ARLINGTON, MA — The Town of Arlington has received a $307,000 grant from the highly competitive MassWorks Infrastructure Program for the Mass Ave/Appleton Street Safety & Accessibility Corridor Project.

The funding will will be used to complete the final design of the project, conduct public engagement, purchase property to complete the project, and manage the pre-construction process.

Department of Planning and Community Development (DPCD) staff plan to apply to the MassWorks program for construction funding for FY24 to pay for the project.

“This funding is essential for the Town to be able to complete the design and construction documents for this high-priority safety project,” Town Manager Sandy Pooler said in a statement. “We appreciate the assistance of the Commonwealth through the MassWorks Infrastructure Program to make this project a reality. With the additional growth in the area around Mass Ave/Appleton Street, including the new development at 1165R Mass Ave, it is critical that this section of Mass Ave serve all users safely and improve multi-modal connections so people have options for how they get around Arlington.”

In spring 2022 Arlington hired Stantec to design, engineer, and conduct public engagement for the Mass Ave/Appleton Street Safety & Accessibility Corridor Project, in response to the fatal vehicle crash that killed Charlie Proctor in 2020.

Since then, Stantec has conducted two in-person public meetings and several meetings with neighbors and community members to understand travel patterns and safety issues in the area and share potential design concepts. The most recent meeting on Oct. 18 included draft designs of the corridor for public review and comment.

For questions about this project, contact Daniel Amstutz, Senior Transportation Planner, at 781-316-3093 or damstutz@town.arlington.ma.us.