Politics & Government
Brookline Avenue to Become One-Way Starting Saturday, Sept. 28
Due to ongoing construction at the Muddy River site in the Fenway neighborhood, Brookline Avenue will become a one-way road, which project managers say will help ease traffic congestion in the area.
A big change to the Fenway area's traffic flow will soon be in place. After two date push backs, officials announced this week that Brookline Avenue will be changed to a one-way street inbound between the Riverway Connector and Park Drive starting September 28, 2013.
"There will be four lanes of traffic inbound as there is now," said Michael Keegan, the project manager for the construction for the Army Corps of Engineers. "However, the outbound traffic lanes (there are two now) will be closed."
This means that vehicles traveling outbound from Boylston Street and Brookline Avenue will need to turn right onto Park Drive and travel around the traffic circle known as the old Sears Parking lot to continue outbound on Brookline Avenue.
"There will be variable message boards installed this week to warn motorists of the upcoming traffic modification both on-site and off the project site to explain that there may be traffic delays and that they may want to seek an alternative route," said Keegan.
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